![]() ![]() Although from comparison it is thought that Scotty would have actually been bigger it is just not possible to prove conclusively yet. Sue currently has the edge when it comes to provable height and size as this fossil is more complete that Scotty, Sue is over 90% complete and Scotty is around 60-65%. You can see more information about them in the table below and in the article linked above as well. Both were huge dinosaurs and were about 13 feet tall at the hips, and 40 feet long. One is called Scotty and one is called Sue. Thanks to paleonerd01 What is the Tallest T rex found?Ĭurrently, and you can read more about this here in our how big was a T Rex article, the largest known Fossil of a T Rex is a competition between 2 fossil discoveries. So we will look at how tall was a T Rex and help you understand how paleontologists measure dinosaurs as well as how tall a T rex was compared to animals living today, other dinosaurs and the tallest of all dinosaurs as well. However even with these estimates of how tall T Rex were, there is a science behind them. There are rules that apply when measure the height of dinosaurs, and to be clear most of the figures you hear about dinosaurs are, by their nature, best estimates. For comparison the tallest giraffe ever was 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in). Tyrannosaurus Rex was between 12 and 13 feet (3.6 to 3.9 metres) when measured from the floor to the hips, however from floor to the top of its head T Rex could measure over 17 feet (5.1 metres) tall when standing upright. We take a look in this article at how tall was a T Rex However for all its impressiveness was it actually as tall as is made out. It was huge, twice as heavy as an African elephant, with a 5 ft long head and up to 40 feet in length. Tyrannosaurus Rex, King of the tyrant lizards, as most people know was a carnivorous Dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period. ![]()
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