Re: A T-rex named Sue

["Timothy Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Daniel Saravia wrote:

> Lately I've been looking for the official size of Sue the T-Rex and
> trying to know which is the biggest meat-eating dinosaur the T-rex or
> the Giganotosaurus thanx for any help
> >


It may depend on what you mean by "big".  Do you mean height, length, 
weight, or a combination of all three.  Tyrannosaurids tended to have 
proportionately longer legs - just compare the legs of _Tyrannosaurus_ and 
_Ornithomimus_ - so _Tyrannosaurus_ may been taller than _Giganotosaurus_.  
_Giga_ came from megalosaur or allosaur stock, and it was a more robust, 
sturdy, and heavy sort of theropod.  Tyrannosaurs, for their size, were 
fairly lightly built.  _Giga_ would probably have been heavier than 
_Tyrannosaurus_.  Not sure which is longer - that would depend upon the 
length of the tail more than anything else.


Tim

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