What is the largest dinosaur fossil ever found?

Dreadnoughtus. Dreadnoughtus, the largest dinosaur whose size can be calculated reliably. A very complete fossil of this sauropod was unearthed in 2009. In life Dreadnoughtus was 26 metres (85 feet) long and weighed about 65 tons.

Is Spinosaurus the biggest theropod?

Spinosaurus is the largest of all known terrestrial carnivores; other large carnivores comparable to Spinosaurus include theropods such as Tyrannosaurus, Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus.

Was the Giganotosaurus bigger than T Rex?

Today, Giganotosaurus is believed to have been slightly larger than T. rex, though even Giganotosaurus ranks behind Spinosaurus in size among the meat-eating dinosaurs.

What was the big dinosaur in Jurassic Park 3?

spinosaurus
The spinosaurus is perhaps best known in pop culture as the main monster in Jurassic Park III, although that portrayal was based largely on unconfirmed theories at the time that it could swim (and beat a T. Rex in a fight).

What was the largest flying dinosaur?

Quetzalcoatlus
Quetzalcoatlus

What is the largest Carcharodontosaurid?

A 2015 paper by Christophe Hendrickx and colleagues gives a maximum length estimate of 14 metres (46 ft) for the largest carcharodontosaurids, while the smallest carcharodontosaurids were estimated to have been at least 6 metres (20 ft) long.

Which is the largest Jurassic theropod?

Torvosaurus
The largest theropod dinosaurs are estimated to have a maximum body size of around 12–13 metres. Almost all fossil dinosaur skeletons are incomplete so their size is estimated by extrapolating from the bones that are found. Torvosaurus is arguably one of the largest Jurassic theropods.

Is a Spinosaurus stronger than a T. rex?

Spinosaurus was probably a bit longer than T. rex, though it was more lightly built. But Spinosaurus lived 10-30 million years before T. rex tromped the Earth….Spinosaurus vs. T. rex.