The King of the Dinosaurs just got even BIGGER! T. Rex was 50ft long and weighed up to 15 TONNES - 70% heavier than previously thought, study claims

Daily Mail ^ | July 24, 2024 | Xantha Leatham

[SunkenCiv]

With 60 razor-sharp teeth and jaws so powerful they could crush a car, the King of the Dinosaurs would already have been a terrifying sight.

But if that wasn't enough, the T. Rex may have been 70 per cent heavier than previously thought – weighing up to 15 tonnes – according to a study...

The palaeontologists found that the largest known T. Rex fossils probably fall in the 99th percentile – representing the top 1 per cent of body size – but finding one would require excavating fossils for another 1,000 years...

Meanwhile, a separate study suggests that the T. Rex may also have boasted iron-coated teeth to help them rip apart their prey.

Researchers have discovered that the serrated edges of Komodo dragons' teeth are tipped with iron, which may provide clues as to how dinosaurs killed and ate their meals...

'Unfortunately, using the technology we have at the moment, we can't see whether fossilised dinosaur teeth had high levels of iron or not.

'We think that the chemical changes which take place during the fossilisation process obscure how much iron was present to start with.'

[SunkenCiv]

T. Rex could have weighed up to 15 tonnes compared to the current weight estimates of 8.8 tonnes. And they could also have been 25 per cent longer, reaching 15 metres rather than 12

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[SunkenCiv]

[Jonty30]

And it walked like a chicken.

[xp38]

Do you want your T-Rex super sized?

[Reno89519]

Sounds like a good excuse for a new Jurassic Park movie.

[Who is John Galt?]

[Bullish]

Oh really? If they could get this stuff so wrong for so long why should we believe much of anything they say?

[zeestephen]

Holy Wegovy, Batman!

[RummyChick]

imagine how much something like that would have to eat every day

[fluffy]

[aspasia]

Unfortunately, using the technology we have at the moment . . . .

[Libloather]

I just KNEW it!

[cockroach_magoo]

The King of the Dinosaurs just got even BIGGER!

I thought this was going to be an article about President Cheapfake.

[DannyTN]

still has tiny hands

[wally_bert]

Remake “Land Of The Lost” too.

The series was corny and campy but there were some good ideas in a few episodes.

Roku has it on now.

[Macho MAGA Man]

(Remake “Land Of The Lost” too.)

They already did back in 2009.

[InsidiousMongo]

And somehow Pelosi still outlived it....

[lurk]

So on a flight he would need two seats.

[wally_bert]

I think I vaguely remember it and gave up after part of an episode.

[Macho MAGA Man]

No, it was a big budget movie starring Will Ferrell from SNL.