Tyrannosaurus rex vs Giganotosaurus is the ultimate megatheropod rivalry. After Tyrannosaurus rex fought Giganotosaurus in Jurassic World, science explains the true victor of a hypothetical fight in Tyrannosaurus rex vs Giganotosaurus: Battle of Kings. Tyrannosaurus rex size is an important factor, and this video about Tyrannosaurus rex vs Giganotosaurus includes a Tyrannosaurus rex size comparison as well as an indepth analysis of each animal’s ecology, agility, intelligence, and experience in fighting other megatheropods. New science, including new mass estimations and biomechanical studies, reveal each competitor’s unique evolutionary abilities in this fight to the death: Tyrannosaurus vs Giganotosaurus. This is an educational scientificreporting take on the Tyrannosaurus rex vs Giganotosaurus battle.

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STUDIES CITED

Coria, R. A.; Currie, P. J. (2002). "The braincase of Giganotosaurus carolinii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (4): 802–811. doi:10.1671/02724634(2002)022[0802:TBOGCD]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85678725.

Giga brain https://www.researchgate.net/figure/B...

Ankylosaurus mass Arbour, V.M.; Mallon, J.C. (2017). "Unusual cranial and postcranial anatomy in the archetypal ankylosaur Ankylosaurus magniventris". FACETS. 2 (2): 764–794. doi:10.1139/facets20170063.

Tyrannosaur interfacial biting. Brown, C., Currie, P., & Therrien, F. (2022). Intraspecific facial bite marks in tyrannosaurids provide insight into sexual maturity and evolution of birdlike intersexual display. Paleobiology, 48(1), 1243. doi:10.1017/pab.2021.29

Snively et al. 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Triceratops size https://www.deviantart.com/spinoinwon...

Sellers et al. 2017 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Giganotosaurus braincase https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...

Therrien et al. 2020: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10....

Nieto & PaulinaCarabajal 2020: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/B...

Dan Folkes blog https://www.thecodontia.com/blog/the...


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Giganotosaurus: Gabriel Ugueto
Tyrannosaurus: Mark Witton
Human: Linda Salzman Sagan
South America Map: Simoes et al. 2017
North America Map: Dr. Ron Blakely

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