Tyrannosaurus rex

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That is indeed the largest Spinosaurus specimen msnm v4047 compared to Sue. While Spinosaurus is estimated to be the longest theropod its, not the most massive Tyrannosaurus carries a lot more mass around than Spinosaurus. Spinosaurus specimen msnm v 4047 is estimated to be around 15 meters long and around 7.6 tons at the most. While Tyrannosaurus rex specimens such as Sue and Scotty are both estimated to mass over 9 tons and when you compare their bones together you can clearly see why.

A 12 meter long Spinosaurus is estimated to mass 5000 kg less than a 12-meter long T.rex with the latest data. So it's pretty safe to say at the moment that Tyrannosaurus is larger than Spinosaurus while Spinosaurus is the longer animal.

Spinosaurus was definitely an apex predator just not the way it was portrayed back in Jurassic park 3. It just did not have the right tools to be a big game hunter on the land. So it stayed around or in the water hunting down fish and other forms of aquatic life.

Here is the most current size comparison by Franoys and you can see how all the big theropods stack up (Scotty the T.rex is not yet included)

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