RE: T.REX Vs. giganotosaurus

["Stewart, Dwight" <Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com>]

Everything I have read (a LOT of it on this list) makes it seem a bit too
close to call.  We are lucky in having some leading therapod experts on this
list.
As has been pointed out, individual variations within each species may make
this an unanswerable question (at least for now).  And, sexual dimorphism
MAY
complicate this further.  Suffice it to say, both dinosaurs were extremely
large
by human standards.  

Dwight

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   ceevans@home.com [SMTP:ceevans@home.com]
        Sent:   Wednesday, September 01, 1999 5:52 AM
        To:     dinosaur@usc.edu
        Subject:        T.REX Vs. giganotosaurus

        Hello Everybody,

        Everybody knows that giganotosaurus is "supposedly" bigger than T
rex.
        But is it? The reason I bring this up is because paleontologists say
        that giganotosaurus is about 43 feet in length. However, the biggest
T
        rex was about 45-48 feet in length. Does anyone know more about
this?

        Thanks in advance,
        Chris