Talk:Tyrannosaurus
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The part about speed needs to be fixed. In order for a Tyrannosaurus to run at 45mph it would need massive legs muscles. The size of the muscles it needed for that kind of speed would be too heavy for it to lift. In comparison, the leg muscles it did have were already heavy enough, so that the combined wieght of the leg muscles and the body forced it to walk straight legged, like an elephant. So much leg muscle would also mean that some muscle would have to actually be taken away from the jaws to add to that(A creature can only have so much muscle in it before it becomes to heavy to move itself). Also that type of speed would be dangerous for a Tyrannosaurus. The skull of T-rex was extremely heavy, and those arms could not support its weight at all, so one fall could be fatal for it. Therefor the Tyrannosaurus could only run at about 15-20 mph. Sorry, I just had to get that out.:) Watch out for the Discovery ChannelMs. dino fanatic (talk) 02:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC) show "Tyrannosaurus- New Science: New Beast". That's where I get all of this from.
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Updated PaleoArt
[edit]I feel that the paleo-art for the Tyrannosaurus Rex, is somewhat outdated compared to the other dinos, so can we please have a new and updated model for the king?? thanks in advance, just a request from my side JithEdits (talk) 13:26, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
- Which paleoart, specifically? the article’s images are mostly fossils, silhouettes, and museum mounts Borealopelta markmitchelli (talk) 00:11, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
There is a study about the maximum size for the T.rex should we include them into the size paragraph?
[edit]There is a study by Dr. Jordan Mallon and Dr. David Hone about the hypothetical maximum size of the T.rex suggesting that the animal could reach 15 tonnes 70% larger heavier than the current know heaviest specimen, however if we do should it be taken with caution? source:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.11658 Analyst90 (talk) 16:17, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
Parenting and hatchling behavior
[edit]There is ongoing research suggesting that our current Parenting section needs updating. Here's a new article that gives a good account for the general, non-specialist reader: Fossil Evidence Indicates Baby T. rex Were Tiny, but Deadly, Discover (magazine), Jul 20, 2026. Pete Tillman (talk) 18:58, 21 July 2026 (UTC)
- It's already in the article (section "Life History"), two long paragraphs; needs pruning in my opinion. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 19:08, 21 July 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks! I agree: could use pruning. Interesting work. Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 00:46, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2026 - fix typo
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Change "..., though it running at this speed is very unlikely." to "..., though running at this speed is very unlikely." Mtis3 (talk) 19:32, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
- Done; I instead removed this part (redundant per the next sentence, and needs to be attributed to the cited study). --Jens Lallensack (talk) 20:10, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
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