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Some more information regarding Scotty possibly the largest Tyrannosaurus rex

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Scotty exceeds Sue in 84.6% of the published measurements.

Measurements where Scotty surpasses Sue spreadsheet created by Franoys ScottySue

Franoys has estimated the specimen Sue at 8830 kg 9.7 tons while if the same method he used to obtain his estimated weight for Sue was applied to Scotty with the latest measurements we would get around 9238 kg 10.1 tons.

Scotty's hip girdle is more robust than Sues is. This is important because the hip girdle is the center mass bearing structure for a theropod dinosaur so its highly possible that Scotty carried around more weight than Sue did. Besides being quite a bit thicker than Sue, the rest of its body collectively implies a much brawnier body shape than other big theropods. Plus a comparison of cubic femoral dimensions gives a much greater overall weight. The latest study regarding Scotty describes its shoulder bones, hips and it's leg bones and they are all larger with Scotty than the corresponding bones in the Sue specimen.

Quote from W. Scott Pearsons
“It wasn’t until now we’ve been able to take a step back and look at the specimen as a whole, “And doing so there’s an oh gosh moment because the specimen really is enormous.”
“We looked at this from a number of different angles. Obviously the best way to do it is the direct one-to-one comparisons through the various skeletal elements,” Persons said. “When you look at everything from the shoulder to the hip to the leg to portions of even the toe bones, yes, Scotty the Tyrannosaurus rex comes out consistently just a smidgen-bit larger than Sue.”

Both Sue and Scotty had their weights estimated in the latest study. The method used to calculate the mass in the latest study was the same for both of the specimens and the data shows that Scotty is heavier than Sue is.
The latest study put Scotty's weight at an estimated 8870 kg(9.7 tons) while Sue is estimated at 8462 kg(9.3 tons)
This is also not the first time that Scotty has been estimated to out mass Sue. There was a study conducted back in 2014 that estimated the weight for some of the large theropod dinosaurs and both Sue and Scotty were included. This older study concluded that Sue was around 7377 kg (8.1 tons) while Scotty was 8004 kg (8.8 tons)
You can view this study here Body mass estimation in non‐avian bipeds using a theoretical conversion to quadruped stylopodial proportions
It is also believed that Scotty was in its early 30s when it died making it possibly the oldest T.rex even older than Sue who has been estimated to have been around 28 at the time of its death. 

Scotty by Harry the Fox click here https://www.deviantart.com/harry-the-fox/art/Scotty-the-Tyrannosaurus-Rex-811981031 for more info

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Sue and Scotty comparison by Thedinorocker https://www.deviantart.com/thedinorocker/art/Biggest-in-town-792696226

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Scotty by Randomdinos

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