User:Spinosaurus75 (Dinosaur Fan)/Theropod doc.
References from Dinosaur size
Hi readers, I just want to show everyone that the estimates that I disagree with about theropods.
Length
editThere are sources for theropods, like Spinosaurus, which was originally 18m, [1]now revised to 15m. [2] For Giganotosaurus, it was somewhere between 12.2 and 14m. [3][4]In this subpage, I will talk about the estimates I don't agree. First, I think the 14m for Giganotosaurus and the 13m for Tyrannotitan is too large. But they come from a published source[4] so we have no good reason to remove them since there isn't a peer-reviewed scientific source claiming those estimates are wrong. I agree a bit with Tyrannotitan, because I did calculated 13m using its 141cm femur. I also think Saurophaganax and Chilantaisaurus's lower range is too high but what I could find is only a website which doesn't count as a publish source. For T. rex, I think it shall have a lower range of 11m based on small specimens. I also think Deltadromeus was 8.1-13.3m but it can't be on Wikipedia articles because what I did was original research.
Mass
editThe first one is T. rex. I think the 18.5t [5] estimate is really, really high but I don't think 20.9 for Spinosaurus, 14 for Giganotosaurus and 15.1 for Carcharodontosaurus is high. [6] I don't even think the concept of "Carnosaurs are more lightly built than Tyrannosaurs" by Dinoguy2 is correct. I think carnosaurs are more solidly built. I don't agree with the concept at all. However, 18.5t comes from a published source and we have no good reason to mistrust it, just like 35m and 75t for Mamenchisaurus.[4] I think there are lower estimates for Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus but they both come from that dml website in the previous section. I think Oxalaia was heavier than Acrocanthosaurus and that Tyrannotitan shall have a lower range but no sources for that.
Commons
editMy opinion about Giganotosaurus and Tyrannotitan's numbers rose. Did not talk about Chilantaisaurus - Could not find any high estimates but only 11-13m.
References
edit- ^ Rey LV, Holtz, Jr TR (2007). Dinosaurs: the most complete, up-to-date encyclopedia for dinosaur lovers of all ages (PDF). United States of America: Random House. ISBN 0-375-82419-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ibrahim, Nizar; Sereno, Paul C.; Dal Sasso, Cristiano; Maganuco, Simone; Fabri, Matteo; Martill, David M.; Zouhri, Samir; Myhrvold, Nathan; Lurino, Dawid A. (2014). "Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur". Science. 345 (6204). doi:10.1126/science.1258750.
- ^ Coria, R. A.; Currie, P. J. (2006). "A new carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 28 (1): 71–118.
- ^ a b c Gregory S. Paul (2010). The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs. United States of America: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691137209.
- ^ Hutchinson J.R., Bates K.T., Molnar J., Allen V, Makovicky P.J. (2011). "A Computational Analysis of Limb and Body Dimensions in Tyrannosaurus rex with Implications for Locomotion, Ontogeny, and Growth". PLoS ONE. 6 (10): e26037. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...626037H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026037.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Therrien, F.; Henderson, D.M. (2007). "My theropod is bigger than yours...or not: estimating body size from skull length in theropods". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (1): 108–115. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[108:MTIBTY]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.