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Post by creature386 on Jun 27, 2013 13:05:21 GMT 5
 Brachiosaur parade: Nima Sassani Wasn't there also a T. rex in it?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2013 15:00:07 GMT 5
Brachiosaur parade: Nima Sassani Wasn't there also a T. rex in it? Fragillimus335 took the one with no Tyrannosaurus in it. Understandable and logical, since the Tyrannosaurus there was "MOR 008" using the "larger than Sue" premise, which is not really likely at all, and is more likely exaggerated. |
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Post by Grey on Jun 27, 2013 15:09:28 GMT 5
Where do you they used the slightly too large MOR 008 ?
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Post by Grey on Jun 27, 2013 17:33:29 GMT 5
Meg's ancestor, Otodus obliquus.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2013 17:35:59 GMT 5
Where do you they used the slightly too large MOR 008 ? He stated it to be the maximum size of Tyrannosaurus. With the "corrected" skull(ask blaze for that, not I), it actually turns out smaller than Sue. |
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Post by Grey on Jun 27, 2013 17:40:24 GMT 5
Where do you they used the slightly too large MOR 008 ? He stated it to be the maximum size of Tyrannosaurus. With the "corrected" skull(ask blaze for that, not I), it actually turns out smaller than Sue. I know that MOR 008 is too large but where did you see that the T. rex in the scale comparison represents MOR 008 ? |
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Post by Grey on Jun 27, 2013 17:43:26 GMT 5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2013 17:46:02 GMT 5
He stated it to be the maximum size of Tyrannosaurus. With the "corrected" skull(ask blaze for that, not I), it actually turns out smaller than Sue. I know that MOR 008 is too large but where did you see that the T. rex in the scale comparison represents MOR 008 ? Read the description, it's there, he outright states it to be MOR008. |
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Post by Grey on Jun 27, 2013 17:48:06 GMT 5
Good. Now what was the estimated length of MOR 008 before revision ?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2013 17:50:45 GMT 5
Good. Now what was the estimated length of MOR 008 before revision ? The uncorrected skull was around ~1.5 meters long. |
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Post by Grey on Jun 27, 2013 17:53:57 GMT 5
Good. Now what was the estimated length of MOR 008 before revision ? The uncorrected skull was around ~1.5 meters long. I mean the total body size ? |
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Post by theropod on Jun 27, 2013 18:56:35 GMT 5
There never was an estimate for its body lenght, but fanboys and many unreliable sources extrapolated it, based on thw wrong premise of Sue's skull being mere 1,4m in maximum lenght (it's 1,45-1,5m itself), and taking Horners claim at face value. Unfortunately, Nimal swallowed it, tough I had a short discussion with him on T. rex specimens and he is now aware of it.
The total lenght is simply as can be linearly scaled from other rexes. Since it is more or less the same size as other specimens, like AMNH or BHI, there will be no significant error bars. It is a completely normal-sized T. rex.
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Post by Grey on Jun 27, 2013 18:59:49 GMT 5
Thank you for the details.
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Post by Fragillimus335 on Jun 27, 2013 20:08:50 GMT 5
There never was an estimate for its body lenght, but fanboys and many unreliable sources extrapolated it, based on thw wrong premise of Sue's skull being mere 1,4m in maximum lenght (it's 1,45-1,5m itself), and taking Horners claim at face value. Unfortunately, Nimal swallowed it, tough I had a short discussion with him on T. rex specimens and he is now aware of it. The total lenght is simply as can be linearly scaled from other rexes. Since it is more or less the same size as other specimens, like AMNH or BHI, there will be no significant error bars. It is a completely normal-sized T. rex. Actually the rex in the scale was 43-44 feet long and over 4.15 meters at the hip, which is a decent bit larger than Sue, so I dropped it from the scale. |
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Post by theropod on Jun 27, 2013 20:11:16 GMT 5
It was clear the specimen was seriously oversized (the fun think is, it shouldn't be that long in standing lenght even if it was 1,5m as compared to 1,4m in sue). Obviously, Nima wasn't aware of the inaccuracies.
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