RE: Whose the real King?T.rex?Spinosaurus?GiganotosaurusNO!All of the above!

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> TIMOTHY BRIDGEMAN
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:08 PM
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Whose the real King?T.rex?Spinosaurus?GiganotosaurusNO!All of
> the above!
>
> I would really think of the spinosaur (if
> really that big,remains are still too fragmentary to tell) as a potential
> rival to the tyrannosaur with any conflict liable to go either way.

Well, I've said it before  (specifically, here:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/600104.asp?cp1=1):

" In reality, the two terror-saurs were separated by the early Atlantic
Ocean and about 30 million years ? but hypothetically speaking, Holtz says
it wouldn?t be surprising if Spinosaurus could take down the king of the
reptiles.
       ?When you?re dealing with these supergiant predators, it?s like, what
?s stronger, a crocodile or a lion? Whatever gets a good grip on the other
one wins,? Holtz said."

>(I prefer the Spinosaurus over
> T.rex any day!)

No accounting for taste... :-)

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
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