Real Life Godzilla: Spinosaurus

Minus the fire breath and about 1600 sq feet of monster, ya one could say he was Godzilla like.  Question...Was Spino confirmed as the largest?  Last I saw it was this "Giganotosaurs".  Guess we cant tell without a complete skeleton.

Did Super Godzilla just say fire breath?

Spino was the longest theropod at about 50 feet long versus Giga's 45 or so feet. People seem to assume that because it was longer than any other theropod, it was also heavier. Not really the case. Being semi-aquatic, Spino didn't need to be super heavy. As far as weight goes, it's really a tie between several predators, mainly Giganotosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus Rex that rival Spinosaurus in weight. 

Now then, take what I say however you like, ther will likely be a few people who attempt to correct me, so let them say their piece, and decide how big you think Spino is using the information provided. 

If Godzilla were to be designed with a more Spinosaurus-like appearance, he'd look like this:

This version of spino, the one we've had since the early 2000's...it's wrong. JP/// got it wrong, Jack Horner got it wrong, mainstream paleontology got it wrong..

Why, you may be asking?

We had nothing really of this thing, for almost a hundred years..

Y'all know the first remains were destroyed in WW2, that bombing and all that good stuff. 

Every one has seen this picture...it's what Stromer unearthed in the early 1900's. What he unearthed, was a monster..

Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus (Spine lizard from egypt)

From this, and that rumored 8 foot skull in 'private collection', they got the 60foot, 18 ton monster we all love(or hate) and know.

Planet dinosaur highlighted this thing; here it is in the hypothetical reconstruction they used..

But, recent discoveries have shown us this animal was very different from this..4

A more accurate reconstruction..

S. Aegyptiacus was semi aquatic in nature, as said by mr. happy up there ^. It was also semi- quadrupedal, though not incapable of a bipedal gait.

Spinosaurus has a size reduction coming along with these new materials..A median estimate of ~14.8 meters and 6 tons is what this animal is shaping up to be. The top ten largest theropods is going to have to be revised for sure, but Spinosaurus is still up there as one of the largest.

Also, Giganotosaurus Carolinii wasn't the largest, but one of the largest.

The holotype was "sue" sized - sue beig the 'largest' tyrannosaurus.

A second individual though, rather incomplete, is estimated to be ~8% larger then the holotype, thus ~8% larger then Sue.

Tyrannosaurus Rex, Mapusaurus Roseae, Edmarka rex, Carcharodontosaurus Saharicus, and of course Giganotosaurus are all viable contenders for largest theropod dinosaur, each within the top 5.

there actually is  a dinosaur named after godzilla forgot the name though 

Wait... its named after Godzilla, and you forgot the name? :/

Just kidding, I know what you ment. :) The full name is Gojirasaurus quayi!

What the heck is going on here?

This is becoming a Jurassic world thread.

Yeah, gigan i really don't know why you didn't move this to JW forums. :/

Well, technically, it is a Godzilla topic, but...yeah. It's not really. So I'll go ahead and move it.

I would have but for some reason i just refused. :/

Well, since this has been moved to the JW forums, guess I'll treat it like JW discussion...

I don't get why so many people bash it, to be honest. If it was aquatic, that honestly makes it cooler than other dinosaurs in my opinion.

Every dinosaur is cool in its own respect. No doubt Spino being aquatic makes Spino cooler than most dinosaurs. 

Why do so many people hate spino?! I just love him. He's amazing.

To tell you the truth NIELSOSAURUS, I don't think its Spino itself people dislike so much as the Spino fanboys. It's one thing if you're reasonable about the thing, but it's a completely different thing if you think Spino was the unstoppable monster the folks over at Monsters Resurrected made it out to be. Personally, I think Spino is a really cool creature, but I could live without the fanboys.