T. Rex Not The Last Giant?

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Sue is often widely hailed as the largest T. rex ever found at 40-42 feet, but fragments have indicated that larger specimens exist (UCMP toe bone is now considered non-tyrannosaurian, being too flat and wide), namely the giant "C. rex" and "F. rex" that were found together, dated to 65-67 million years ago. C. rex measures 43-46 feet and F. rex is even bigger! But with recent photos surfacing, it appears that they are not tyrannosaurs, but rather carcharodontosaurs! The last of the sauropod slayers, the natural predator of Alamosaurus. They would have been contemporaries of the mighty Tyrannosaurus... Here's a picture of Jack Horner holding the skull piece after discovery [img]http://z4.ifrm.com/30233/130/0/p1140895/Jack_Horner_and_C_rex.jpg[/img] How did people even mistake this for a T. rex skull *smh*

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DeltadromeusSeptember 06, 2013

Wow, that skull is obviously an Allosaur/Charcaradontosaur, and it must be at least 6 feet long, which means that it is a 46 feet northern Giganotosaurus. Did jack Horner come up with this as his "hate T. rex" campaign? I did wonder why no Charcharadontosaurs where in North America, and now I think I knwk why, because Allotyrannus lived there (allotyrannus is the name I gave to it)

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Horner was actually the one who claimed it was a T. rex skull. This was before his "hate T. rex" era and when that came about he his the picture to hide evidence of a 45+ foot "T. rex" and he re released it recently when he realized it wasn't a T. rex... This was before Giganotosaurus was discovered and before Carcharodontosaurus and Spinosaurus got popular.

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Rex Fan 684September 06, 2013

I don't know. I'm skeptical. First of all Delta, Acrocanthosaurus is a carcharodontosaur, so they did live in N. America. Second, N. America is an extremely common fossil hunting ground. Why something major like this never surfaced before is unlikely. Plus, no offence Spyrannosaurus, but this is the first time I'm hearing about this and my paleontological research practically revolves around Tyrannosaurus. I don't know. There seem to be too many holes. PS- While that skull does look somewhat different than most Tyrannosaurus skulls, it's still similar. It may be different looking because of preservation. Or many individual Tyrannosaurus' have subtle to major differences in their appearance.

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Very loosely similar, as Carcharodontosaurus is to Tyrannosaurus. Just look at that skull! No way that is this [img]http://www.healthstones.com/dinosaurstore/dinosaurskulls/t_rex_skull/t_rex_skull.jpg[/img] Rather than this [img]http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/96/images/dinosaur.jpg[/img] The info is very recent and will likely gain press soon.

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Rex Fan 684September 06, 2013

Either way, my other points still stand.

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tyrant963September 07, 2013

Intresting.... I wanna see the F rex it sounds huge!

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CarnosaurApril 22, 2014

it's not even a complete skull for one, and two, it looks like a replica of sorts.

There's no evidence of Carcharodontosaurs in late cretacious north america for another point

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SniperApril 26, 2014

The skull seems like te head of the giganotosaurus in turok.But i have the feeling that this isn't a carcharodontosaur.Well,the only thing that we can do is wait.

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