Talk:Mapusaurus

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[edit] Largest meat-eating dinosaur?

Whitch is the largest meat-eating dinosaur: Mapusaurus of Spinosaurus?

Spinosaurus. Mapusaurus isn't even larger than Giganotosaurus, despite the errors of some news stories.Dinoguy2 23:09, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

You're right about Spinosaurus being bigger than Mapusaurus. But Mapusaurus is bigger than either Giganotosaurus or Tyrannosaurus according to This Link. What do you make of It? I would suggest changing the article to explicitly say that Mapusaurus is bigger than Giganotosaurus. Cheers. Sincerely, --Johnny89 00:56, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

That news artivle is much more certain on the issue than the actual paper. The largest Mapusaurus individual is represented by only a few bones, so deciding whether or not it was larger than Giganotosaurus is nearly impossible. The authors compare the largest femur length to the largest known femur of Gig, and it's a whopping 2 cm longer. If you were to assume all other proportions of both animals were the same, they'd be essentially the exact same size. Guessing beyond that is going too far, I think. Dinoguy2 06:10, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for restoration

Hi - thanks & well done Spinosurus - I was about to ask why we had a deletion, here. Thanks for reverting. - Ballista 06:36, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:25, 8 March 2008 (UTC)