Talk:Dinosaur size

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Largest Theropod Sizes Inaccurate

On the theropod article, the sizes are wrong. Tyrannosaurus would actually have been the heaviest theropod, since it’s 9 tonnes, and Spino is 7.5. The Spino also wasn’t 18 meters long but 16. Giga wasn’t 14.8 meters but around 13 instead. Mikail2009 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 11:08, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

They are not wrong, we are giving a range of estimates that have been produced instead of sticking to one alternative. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 17:03, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just chiming in, but I presume the commonly thrown around 7 or 7.5 tonne figure is from the new Ibrahim discoveries. Nizar Ibrahim has actually stated in a Reddit Q&A that he now believes that the Spinosaurus is something more like 10-12 tonnes based on a newer model that will probably be published in the future (can't be used until then). Although he did say that he thinks theropods in general are underestimated. I guess we'll have to wait for concrete evidence. Spinosaurus75 (Dinosaur Fan) (talk) 15:10, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rules for Sources

I've been away from Wikipedia for a while and it looks like the controversial heavy mass estimates for therapods have been removed. May I ask what are the current standards for deciding what sources are reliable to be used in the page? Spinosaurus75 (Dinosaur Fan) (talk) 15:21, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The one who removed the data from this page is absolutely IDIOT because for large dinosaurs dimension estimates varies a lot and there is no way to determine for sure if they were accurate. As long as dimensions attributed to dinosaurs reflected the estimation made by scientists it was legit to appear on this page and to reclaim so called inaccuracies of this page is completeley STUPID. A previoussly very useful wikipedia page became just a stump. 85.120.166.69 (talk) 15:19, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Other sizes

This article presents itself as being about dinosaur size generally, but then is mostly about big sauropods. What was the smallest sauropodomorph? What was the average size for sauropods and therapods? What about sub-types like ceratopsians and stegosaurs? Furius (talk) 09:15, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been severely cut down since its inception due to persistent issues with the use of some sources. It obviously needs a major overhaul, but nobody has taken on this task, presumably because it would require a huge amount of work and a lot of people would have differing opinions about it. If that's a task you're interested in, I suggest you post on WP:PALEOAW so that we can get a team of editors on it. If not, I can't imagine it will change soon. It's on my long-term to-do list but most of my attention is on other projects at the moment. A Cynical Idealist (talk) 05:57, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]