Tyrannosaurus vs Spinosaurus, who wins?
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MemberCompsognathusApr 17, 20147125 Views87 Repliesso plain and simple, tired of walking on eggshells when it comes to this thing.
So i made this topic.
If you state "mine is larger, therefore it wins" or something of that sort, your comment will either be deleted or out right ignored.
Let's have a fun, clean debate.
Let's begin with Paleontologically accepted size ranges for these animals. Not fanboy estimates. These are of course averages.
Tyrannosaurus - 13 meters, 7 tons, 17 feet tall(top of head)
Spinosaurus - 15 meters, 6 tons 19 feet tall ( top of head) 25 feet tall (top of sail)
Now...my personal belief is that Tyrannosaurus Rex would win this 6/10.
Spino just has that sail, that stands 6 feet off its back. An easy target for a attacking predator.
Of course...Environmental factors, behavior, etc. would certainly determine if there was even a fight. 5/ 10 times, no blood would be drawn.
However, when it gets down and dirty, Tyrannosaurus is more powerfully built, has those large banana shaped teeth, and has the highest recorded bite force of any theropod - that has been scientifically acknowledged -.
My reasons for Why tyrannosaurus wins the majority of the time, don't agree? let's go..
Let's have a fun, clean debate folks....go at it.
Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
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I know what you mean. Like I just said, it also gets annoying when someone says something, and gives no reason for it. 401, I understand, there is no need for you tp defend yourself now, because I'm over it. I get it, you have no reason in particular to think that, you just do.
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http://www.walkingwithdinosaurs.com/dinosaurs/detail/spinosaurus/
Apparently SPino can run fatser than Rex.
@FAct Dude Thank you. I hope nobody tries to warn you either even though you show no sign of fighting.
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@Mr. Happy- Thank you. If anyone ever wants my thoughts, it will and can only sadly be just a simple opinion. No evidence for it... Everyhting is just a simple...
guess.
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Incredible, isn't it? We have a few ribs, a toe bone, a few neural spines, and part of an upper jaw and we can determine how fast the thing was. Four more years and we won't even need to research and we'll know everything about everything.
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401, that says it MAY have been able to run as fast, not faster, but who knows... Nobody, exactly! And that is one of the plentiful sites that supports my theory of Spinosaurus being a good amount heavier than T-Rex.

@Mr. Happy I wouldn't say that. We used to "Know" dinosaurs were giant lizards.
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@Fact Dude yes, since it's BBC Rex Fans won't feel the need to prove us wrong.
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There is a lot of "fact" out there. The truth is, we don't even know t rex was a carnivore for truely 100% certaindy. 99.99999999 ect percent, but until we find a living T. rex eating meat, we don't truly 100% know. We dthe now that dinosaurs existed, and thata all. (At least thats all I could think of)
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401, that was sarcasm.
FD, everyone's entitled to their opinion.
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Well... i definatley put it past 'em, but i guess we'll just have to see ;)


Yes i know everbody's entitled to their own opinion, how become everytime i say anything about spino, you say the exact same thing everytime? Are you afraid im gonna make everything get outta hand again? Well don't fret, i can assure you i'm not gonna place anything i say as fact and overreact about anything, you've been known to do the same, alrighty?

Just looked at that BBC thing. Don't you think 20 tons is high balling it? You know, just a little bit? 20 tons for a biped is like a smart car weighing 4 000 pounds. Most of the weight would have to be in the power source for something that heavy to move itself safely. If Spino weighed 20 tons, the legs would have to make up at least 60% of the weight.
Sorry if it looked like I was trying to disprove anything, but just making an observation there.
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@Mr. Happy, okay, not all of us here are going to get car examples. But Mr. Happy, you have gone out of hand before...
we all do.
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Sorry about that, it's just your first few posts, and then the sometimes debate, and the plot hole debunked turned Rex vs Spino are still fresh in my mind, so I'm trying to avoid this. In all fairness, you surprised me not going all rage mode in here, so good job on that and keep it up.
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Well, i kinda think 12 tons in body weight and a bite force of 15 tons for a T-Rex is high balling it :/

Right, it's just the first thing that popped into my head. Ever seen a smart car? It's literally a cardboard box with an engine. 4 000 pounds is about the weight of a Dodge Charger (1970) if I'm not mistaken. Ever watch fast and furious? The black car with the blower (thing sticking out of the hood) was a 1970 Charger. So imagine a cardboard box on wheels being as heavy as a 1970's race car.
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Another thing I aks of you Mr. Happy is to use "Literally" correctly.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally
Seriously, it just PISSES ME OFF when people use literally and it just isn't, well, literal.
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I see a 10 ton max for Rex with an average of 6-9 or so PSI bite force as reasonable myself. The whole 15 ton PSI bite is actually a very recent study.
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Thank you for the compliments Mr.Happy, theres no need to blow up about a friendly debate, but sometimes people aren't friendly and it's almost mandatory for somebody to stand up to them.



Seriously Mr. Happy, use literally correctly.
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In all fairness, it was originally like that with you. However, since then, there has been a very noticeable change in how you are. If you were to change your profile pic and screen name, I probably wouldn't have recognized it as you. You get so used to things, and then they change.
401, sorry. It happens to bug me when people don't understand some of my references. In the future, why not look up some of these things I use in references. Not trying to sound like a jerk, just saying.
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Well, honestly, this is a Jurassic Park forum. Not a car forum. But I feel you, when no one understands my Zelda references...
But let's go back to Rex vs. Spino.
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You are correct Something Real. Perhaps Spinosaurs as a whole and. Tyrannosaurs as a whole would have been a better thing to say.
Thing with smart cars though is that Europe's streets are small because they were made back when horses and walking were the main mode of transportation. Here in North America, we have pickup trucks that wouldn't fit on a European road, and then there are the ones with duals (dualies, twin tires, doudble tires, whatever you call them).
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Well, the Spinosaurs where the Megalosaurs, and they where very successful, then they evolved. The Spinosaurs lasted some time. Not as long as the tyrannosaurs, simply because they where specialized. That is good when it can be used, and is bad when it can't.
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BBC Walking with Dinosaurs is notorious for its inaccuracies...
Welcome back, Fact Dude. I myself was expecting a blow up about the post, but i'm very glad it didn't come to that.
Hell, this post is to address those kind of things that make people angry...
12 tons and 15 ton bite force? pure fanboyism. 7 tons(average) and around 6 tons of bite force is more accurate in my view.
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The truck is about a 2004 Ram 3500 6.0 or 6.7 litre diesel, long box extended cab, dually, and in the box, is a smart car.
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Yes, and it alsis an be bad to be not be specialized. If that's what you got, and you are able to take a wide range of food, but aren't very efficient at it, then of our screwed. If your able to take the specilized food, and it runs dry, then your screwed. Nature likes to screw us.
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Excuse me but isn't this about Rex and Spino.................................................................................
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Now you know what a smart car is. If I ever use a smart car in a reference, you'll know what I'm talking about when I say smart car.
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specialization was Spinosaurus' down fall. Climate change effected its habitat....and it just wasn't equipped for those changes.
Things can only go great for so long....Who knows how long Tyrannosaurus would have lived if the asteroid didn't hit? they were specialized in their own right..
Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

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