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Look at this absolute unit.

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Scientists discover the largest T-Rex so far, nearly double the size of previous record holder​

The new record holder weighed more than a school bus.

The largest T-Rex on Earth may have been much bigger than we thought. According to the new findings of scientists, Earth's largest T-Rex weighed 33 thousand pounds (15 thousand kg). Hold on, because it means that a T-Rex could have been 70 percent larger than "Scotty", the heaviest T-Rex ever revealed until now.

Scientists discover the largest T-Rex so far, nearly double the size of previous record holder​

The new record holder weighed more than a school bus.


Nergis Firtina

| Nov 18, 2022 07:50 AM EST

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Shen the Tyrannosaurus Rex at the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall in Singapore on Oct. 28, 2022.
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The largest T-Rex on Earth may have been much bigger than we thought. According to the new findings of scientists, Earth's largest T-Rex weighed 33 thousand pounds (15 thousand kg). Hold on, because it means that a T-Rex could have been 70 percent larger than "Scotty", the heaviest T-Rex ever revealed until now.




Paleontologists from the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario, presented the newly detected T-Rex at the annual conference of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) in Toronto on November 5, Live Science reported.

Examining the fossil record​

Jordan Mallon, research scientist and head of palaeobiology at the Canadian Museum of Nature, and David Hone, a senior lecturer and deputy director of Education at the Queen Mary University of London, examined the fossil record, which shows that approximately 2.5 billion T-Rexes once lived on Earth.
To build a model of the largest T-Rex possible, they also considered population sizes and average life spans. They also took into account sexual dimorphism, or differences in size between animals of the same species, when analyzing variations in body size.
"We wound up building two models — one exhibiting zero dimorphisms and one with strong dimorphism," Mallon told LiveScience.
"If T-Rex was dimorphic, we estimate that it would have weighed up to 53,000 pounds (24,000 kg), but we rejected that model because if it were true, we would have found even larger individuals by now."

Scientists discover the largest T-Rex so far, nearly double the size of previous record holder

The new record holder weighed more than a school bus.

interestingengineering.com

T. rex was actually bigger than we thought

Look at this absolute unit.

www.cnet.com

T-rex may have actually been 70% bigger than we think

Often considered the most iconic of the dinosaurs, the tyrannosaurus rex fossils already found make for a scary enough beast. But scientists think some might have been even bigger

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[dr_octagon]

Jackson 'the beast' Ryan.

 

[GladiusFrog]

 

[SlimySnake]

33k pounds?

Still nothing compared to the blue whale. meh.

 

[Kimahri]

Keyword here being "could". It's a hypothesis, a possibility. We have no fossil evidence of this, and until we find it, this is all speculation.

 

[AJUMP23]

WE need a time machine.

 

[FunkMiller]

Tsk.

Fat bitch.

 

[Bloobs]

 

[dr_octagon]

 

[Jaybe]

This reminds me I still need to see that AppleTV show about the dinosaurs

 

[NinjaBoiX]

33k pounds?

Still nothing compared to the blue whale. meh.

Blue whales probably scare me more than great white sharks.

I mean, just imagine this behemoth casually floating by you in the water, likely taking a good 30 seconds to pass nose to tail…

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Blue whales probably scare me more than great white sharks.

I mean, just imagine this behemoth casually floating by you in the water, likely taking a good 30 seconds to pass nose to tail…

 

[SJRB]

What the fuck, that's crazy.

 

[Kimahri]

This reminds me I still need to see that AppleTV show about the dinosaurs

Best thing to come out of 2022. Watch it. In a world filled with junk, war, miserable bickering and overall shite, hearing the reassuring voice of David Attenborough accompanying the most gorgeous images of dinosaurs ever created is pure soul medicine.

 

[winjer]

Mere speculation at this point.
I wonder if it can even be considered an hypothesis by the scientific community.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Man, the most beautifully majestic creatures, holy shit!

But it’s the same kind of deal with tigers and bears etc, they don’t know that I think they’re fucking beautiful beasts, we don’t have that as written/growled understanding.

So I’m going to admire you gorgeous fuckers from way the fuck afar…

 

[Futaleufu]

 

[dr_octagon]

Tren-Rex

Why did they reduce Godzilla in size compared to Monkey Kong in the movie?

 

[Bragr]

A bit of sensationalized news. We know nothing yet.

Animals that big is not very likely, it's just too much food to consume and too hard to get around. There is a reason why our big land animals eat grass and leaves, it's easier to find.

 

[MAtgS]

Tubby needs to lay off the tricerasnacks.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

I don’t care.

I just want Godzilla to be real.

 

[Airbus Jr]

33k pounds?

Still nothing compared to the blue whale. meh.

No land terain animal can live with that weight

Way too heavy to move around

Blue whale have the advantage of living in the ocean

 

[Alex Anderson]

Imagine the size of those feathers!

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[sankt-Antonio]

"If T-Rex was dimorphic, we estimate that it would have weighed up to 53,000 pounds (24,000 kg), but we rejected that model because if it were true, we would have found even larger individuals by now."

"This is simply a thought experiment with some numbers behind it. It's something that's fun to think about," Mallon also added."

Selective quoting should be a bannable offense.

 

[nkarafo]

They also changed their minds about the stupid feathers theory?

Too many "fixes" lately to older established stuff, that i feel exist only to be contrarian and make people talk about dinosaurs again.

 

[winjer]

They also changed their minds about the stupid feathers theory?

Too many "fixes" lately to older established stuff, that i feel exist only to be contrarian and make people talk about dinosaurs again.

No. The feathers are still a part of T-Rex. The doubt is to what extent it covered it's body.

The other thing to consider is that this new study, about the size of T-Rex is still in peer review. So it's not a theory, just an hypothesis.
It also is not based on an paleontological find of a new skeleton, but only speculation on race dimorphism.
Just because a scientist publishes does not mean it's true. It requires peer review and similar finds from the scientific community.
People here are already thinking this is scientific fact, when it is not.

 

[ahtlas7]

What will they discover next?

 

[Drizzlehell]

33k pounds?

Still nothing compared to the blue whale. meh.

Nobody ever mentions that they also have the biggest dicks on the planet.

 

[Airbus Jr]

Mere speculation at this point.
I wonder if it can even be considered an hypothesis by the scientific community.

"The largest T-Rex on Earth may have been much bigger than we thought. According to the new findings of scientists, Earth's largest T-Rex weighed 33 thousand pounds (15 thousand kg). Hold on, because it means that a T-Rex could have been 70 percent larger than "Scotty", the heaviest T-Rex ever revealed until now."

This is not hypotesis from some rando from Neogaf saying this but from real paleontologist

 

[winjer]

"The largest T-Rex on Earth may have been much bigger than we thought. According to the new findings of scientists, Earth's largest T-Rex weighed 33 thousand pounds (15 thousand kg). Hold on, because it means that a T-Rex could have been 70 percent larger than "Scotty", the heaviest T-Rex ever revealed until now."

This is not hypotesis from some rando from Neogaf saying this but from real paleontologist

You do realize this study has not been peer review?

 

[Airbus Jr]

You do realize this study has not been peer review?

What kind of peer review comparison were you expecting

If a paleontology says thats the estimate size the other will say aproximately 95% the same thing

If a patient are sick and goes to a doctor and he was diagnosed that he has dengue fever and if he goes to other doctors 95% they will say the same diagnosis

 

[winjer]

What kind of peer review comparison were you expecting

If a paleontology says thats the estimate size the other will say aproximately 95% the same thing

If a patient are sick and goes to a doctor and he was diagnoses that he has dengue fever and if he goes to other doctors 95% they will say the same diagnosis

That's not how science works.
A paper that is not validated by peers has no value.

 

[Airbus Jr]

That's not how science works.
A paper that is not validated by peers has no value.

Affirmative then lets just wait for more people to analyze/get their hands on this specimen

 

[winjer]

Affirmative then lets just wait for more people to analyze/get their hands on this specimen

They don't have a specimen. It's just speculation based on the current sample of T-rex remains.
They are using species dimorphisms and the fact that most specimens found were young adults, to plot a curve where they hypothesis a T-Rex could reach such size.
Basically, they are hypothesizing that there could be a male adult that could reach that 70% extra size.