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Why i think Spinosaurus was the biggest

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MemberCompsognathusJune 06, 20133759 Views42 Replies
Ok guys, im sorry about getting nasty about this debate, its just that I get very serious about dinosaurs and what i know, especially this debate. And also this site has been glitching on me for some reason, i wish i could figure it out. So im gonna start out fresh. There has been 30 or more T-Rex skeltons ever found. The majority of them have been preety close to the same size, so it must have been the average size. On the other hand, there has been only one Spinosaurus skeleton found, and it wasnt even complete or well preserved anyways. But , there was enough evidence that it was the largest carnivorous dinosaur ever found. So, with that being said, it was very very likely that there more that were even bigger ones. It could be a coincedence, but it its extremely unlikely that it was since there was only one ever found. Largest T-Rex out of the 30 or more skeletons - Length: 43 ft./Height: 14 or 15 ft. First and only Spinosaurus ever found - Length: > 60ft./ Height: 20 ft. or more No one knows which one had more strength or power or which one is more powerfully built. In my opinion, Spinosaurus would be. Its just common sense (to me) that it would be. Now let me state my reasoning. Spinosaurus had to have great strength and power to move itself, and even more to defend itself/kill bigger predators than T-Rex, like Sarchosuchus, Charcarodontosaurus, and Mapusaurus (Mapusaurus wasnt as big as T-Rex, but it was preety close). All that T-Rex had to worry about was other T-Rexes and smaller predators, like Dinonychus and Nannotyrannus. He probably had to scare them away from his kill or already dead animal. Spinosaurus had to deal with much bigger dinosaurs like the ones i mentioned earlier (Sarchosuchus, Charcarodontosaurus, and Mapusaurus). Spinosaurus probably had to fight/kill other Spinosauruses for thier kill, like a big fish or a Paralitian (believe me, im preety sure Spinosaurus was able to kill and eat sauropods). Im also preety sure that T-Rex had to fight or kill other T-Rexes for the same thing. Please, nobody descibe this as being biased, and also, i would like to use a substitute for the word biased, its getting kinda annoying to me, what do you guys think? What about the word prejudice, that sounds better to me. And again im sorry for all of the chaos ive caused, please forgive me.
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I see where you are coming from. For one thing, Mapusaurus was a South American predator. Like I have said, just because something is longer/taller, it does not mean it was heavier. My favorite example is Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus. Spino was by far the longest I will say that. T-rex just seems to be more heavily muscled and therefore heavier. I do see what you mean with the fact that only one Spino skeleton was found. Some jaw fragments and other bones have been found. Until another good Spino skeleton is found though, one that at least rivals, if not exceeds Rex, I think I will stick with Tyrannosaurus being the largest. But good points.
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Pretty good reasoning. But doesn't Mapusaurus live in South America? Sauroniops, Bahariasaurus and Deltadromeus were all about that size too.
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i thought mapusaurus was the dinosaur spino killed in monsters resurrected?
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They were a little smaller. Allosaurus sized, 33 ft or so. And Spino Rex, don't worry, I take dinosaurs and paleontology very seriously too.
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OOOHHHHHH, it was Rugops, which ws still close to trexes size
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That was a Carcharodontosaurus.
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Rugops is only between 20 and 30 ft long.
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It did fight Rugops though.
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I think Spinosaurus would have been heavier than T-Rex in absolute terms by at least a ton or two, but T-Rex was heavier relative to body size. For example, out of a 40 foot T-Rex and 40 foot Spino, Rex would be heavier. To a 56+ foot Spinosaurus though, it was probably lighter.
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One Rex skeleton found near Fort Peck in Montana was at one point thought to be 65 ft long and 13 tons. This is extreme even to me. I think it was probably closer to 50 ft and 9-10 tons. I hate to say it over and over again, but I think Spino was light for his overall size. Somewhere around 7 tons for a 56 foot Spino. This is the max size to me. The max size for Rex is somewhere around 50 ft and 9-10 tons. These are my opinions and Spino Rex does have some good ones too. Like I said, until a really big, really well preserved Spino skeleton is found, I'm sticking with Rex.
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A full grown spinosaurus was probably heavier in absolute terms.
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i knew that one was charcarodontosaurus, i was talking about the first one he killed, but it was still a larger predator
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It was big, but not T-rex or Giganotosaurus big.
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i know, what i meant to say was" more so large", does that make sense?
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I get ya. I think Spino could easily take on something the size of Rugops or Deltadromeus. But I think it would have a hard time with something like Carchar or Rex.
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Yea im sure they would all have a hard time in terms of fighting each other because they were all the largest predators
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I think it was so big because it had to fight off Carchar or Bahariasaurus, which also reached 40 feet or so.
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Yeah, I'm sure they would. Even though we don't agree on everything, I am sure we all agree that Giganotosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Spinosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus were all giant predators perfectly adapted to their environments.
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oh yea, i forgot about baharisaurus
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Thanks for calming down some. It could just be a coincidence that the most complete (there have been fragments of others) Spinosaurus found was so big, but maybe that fossil was the only one heavily built enough to survive so long in the desert (just a suggestion). I hope more and better fossils are discovered in the years to come though. Let's not forget T-Rex had a couple million years of evolution over any of the other large carnivores that you mentioned. So T-Rex could overcome the challenge of facing something larger than itself. And T-Rex also preyed on Triceratops and Ankylosurus, which makes up for the lack of competition.

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