Tyrannosaurus rex

[JurassicDD]

(12-22-2019, 01:01 PM)Spalea Wrote: @JurassicDD :

About #123: very interesting... At the far end of the 2010-2019 decade Scotty makes everybody agree about the T-rex supremacy among predator dinosaurs.

To tell the truth when I saw for the first time your post at #110 of this topic here (skeletton of the largest known spinosaurid and Sue compared), I was straight after convinced about it.

Sue and Scotty are both truly massive animals the bulk these animals carried around was pretty incredible. With our most current understanding, Tyrannosaurus does seem to be the most robust out of the big theropods mostly down to its more barrel-shaped torso and overall wider more muscular builds.

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As you can see T.rex has a wider more massive skull thicker neck and is just built more chunky. That being said our sample size for Tyrannosaurus is better than the majority of the other big theropods more and better complete specimens are really needed to get a better idea of the size and proportions for the other big theropod dinosaurs. So then we can maybe stop with the oversized Spinosaur estimates and the 14 meter long Carnosaurs estimates that are still floating around. Reply