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RE: "World record" progression in dinosaur size



I don't get exactly what this list is for. Shouldn't the theropod list stop at 1915 for example?

Mickey Mortimer

From: Vladimír  Socha <Seismosaurus@seznam.cz>
Reply-To: Vladimír  Socha <Seismosaurus@seznam.cz>
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: "World record" progression in dinosaur size
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:03:38 +0200 (CEST)

Good day,
the list below would be my personal idea (any comment appreciated):
(years of description, not discovery of the species)

1824 - Megalosaurus (bucklandii) (9 meters, 3 tonnes)

1825 - Iguanodon (anglicus) (9 m., 3-4 t.)

1841 - Cetiosaurus medius (18 m., 27 t.)

1877 - Apatosaurus ajax (25 m., 30 t.)

1878 - Amphicoelias fragillimus (?)

          - Diplodocus longus (27 m., 15? t.)

1903 - Brachiosaurus altithorax (25 m., 30? t.)

1914 - Brachiosaurus brancai (25 m., 40-60 t.)

1985 - Supersaurus vivianae (30-40? m., 60? t.)

1993 - Argentinosaurus huinculensis (35 m., 70-90 t.)

2000 - Sauroposeidon proteles (30 m. (height 18 m.), 60 t.)

....

As for the theropod dinosaurs:

1824 - Megalosaurus bucklandi (9 m., 3 t.)

1877 - Allosaurus fragilis (12 m., 4 t.)

1905 - Tyrannosaurus rex (12.8 m., 6.5 t.) "C-rex" 13.6 m.?

1915 - Spinosaurus aegypticus (17 m.?, 12-19 t.?)

1995 - Giganotosaurus carolinii (12.5 - 14 m., 8 t.)

2006 - Mapusaurus roseae (14 m.?, 8+ t.)

Ceratosaurus ingens? Saurophaganax maximus? Epanterias amplexus? ...

Thank you for any corrections, comments etc. Vlad