The Largest T-Rex Have Been 70% Bigger Than Previous Record Holder, Scientists Find
It's possible that our previous estimates of the size of the biggest known Tyrannosaurus rex on Earth were grossly inaccurate. Scientists have just discovered that the largest T-rex have been 70% bigger than previous record holder. The heaviest known T-Rex weighed 33,000 pounds (15 thousand kg). This implies that the largest T-Rex ever discovered, "Scotty," may have just been the tip of the iceberg.
Author:Suleman ShahReviewer:Han JuNov 21, 202215 Shares853 Views
It's possible that our previous estimates of the size of the biggest known Tyrannosaurus rexon Earth were grossly inaccurate. Scientists have just discovered that the largest T-rexhave been 70% bigger than previous record holder.
The heaviest known T-Rex weighed 33,000 pounds (15 thousand kg). This implies that the largest T-Rex ever discovered, "Scotty," may have just been the tip of the iceberg.
At the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) on November 5 in Toronto, paleontologists from the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario, presented the newly discovered T. Rex.
Tyrannosaurus Rex is The Largest Creatures To Walk The Earth
Sixty-five million years ago, the T. rexwas one of the most terrifyingly huge beasts to ever roam the Earth (via the American Museum of Natural History). Britannica estimates that a fully grown T. rex might have weighed anywhere from 9 to 15 tons. The average size of T. rexhas been called into doubt by a recent study by the Canadian Museum of Nature paleontologists.
According to Jordan Mallon, research scientist and head of palaeobiology at the Canadian Museum of Nature, the average size of a T. rexmay have been double what was previously thought if the data in this study are accurate. According to Nature, there are just 32 adult T. rexfossils known, thus researchers have a paucity of information to work with. There are likely to be knowledge gaps despite the potential benefits of this new study owing to the limited number of fossils available.
Tyrannosaurus existed during the tail end of the Late Cretaceous, in the Maastrichtian era, at the Lancian faunal stage. It is estimated that T. rexranged from northern Canada to at least southern New Mexico, inside the continent of Laramidia. Its northern habitat was dominated by Triceratops, a herbivore, while the southern habitat was "governed" by Alamosaurus, a titanosaurian sauropod. Inland and coastal subtropical plains as well as semiarid locations have yielded Tyrannosaurus fossils.
Scotty, largest T. rex ever found, on display in Canada
Investigating The Fossil Record
Jordan Mallon and David Hone, senior professor and deputy director of Education at the Queen Mary University of London, investigated the fossil record, which revealed that around 2.5 billion T-Rexesformerly roamed the planet.
They also considered population numbers and typical lifespans while creating a model of the biggest T-Reximaginable. When evaluating changes in body size, they also included sexual dimorphism or differences in size between animals of the same species.
“„We wound up building two models — one exhibiting zero dimorphisms and one with strong dimorphism. If T-Rexwas 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.- Jordan Mallon, Canadian Museum of Nature
Final Words
The Canadian Museum of Nature's paleontologists wanted to determine the average size of a live Tyrannosaurus rexby creating models that showed its growth curve as it matured. This required a more extensive examination than prior estimations, which were based only on the size of the bones available and what we knew about the king of the dinosaurs at the time. If the growth curve calculations are right, Scotty's real weight will be 70% more than previously estimated.
Suleman Shah
Author
Suleman Shah is a researcher and freelance writer. As a researcher, he has worked with MNS University of Agriculture, Multan (Pakistan) and Texas A & M University (USA). He regularly writes science articles and blogs for science news website immersse.com and open access publishers OA Publishing London and Scientific Times. He loves to keep himself updated on scientific developments and convert these developments into everyday language to update the readers about the developments in the scientific era. His primary research focus is Plant sciences, and he contributed to this field by publishing his research in scientific journals and presenting his work at many Conferences.
Shah graduated from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Pakistan) and started his professional carrier with Jaffer Agro Services and later with the Agriculture Department of the Government of Pakistan. His research interest compelled and attracted him to proceed with his carrier in Plant sciences research. So, he started his Ph.D. in Soil Science at MNS University of Agriculture Multan (Pakistan). Later, he started working as a visiting scholar with Texas A&M University (USA).
Shah’s experience with big Open Excess publishers like Springers, Frontiers, MDPI, etc., testified to his belief in Open Access as a barrier-removing mechanism between researchers and the readers of their research. Shah believes that Open Access is revolutionizing the publication process and benefitting research in all fields.
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