Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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There are many myths in paleontology that have become embedded in the mainstream. Some are actually true. Others are dead wrong. First up, was Giganotosaurus the largest land predator ever? #dinosaurs #paleontology

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Sources
2007 estimates: researchgate.net/publication/232687833_My_theropod_is_bigger_than_yoursor_not_Estimating_body_size_from_skull_length_in_theropods

GDI: svpow.com/2011/01/20/tutorial-11-graphic-double-integration-or-weighing-dinosaurs-on-the-cheap

Giganotosaurus Description: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995Natur.377..224C/abstract

Hartman Estimates: skeletaldrawing.com/home/mass-estimates-north-vs-south-redux772013

Longest animal: sciencealert.com/researchers-filmed-the-longest-known-stringy-stingy-thingy-floating-in-the-ocean

Scotty Description: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24118