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Drawn to one scale, overlapping on a shared ground line, with a 1.8 m human on the right. Tyrannosaurus rex: 12.3 m long · 3.9 m hip height. Giganotosaurus carolinii: 13.2 m long · 3.3 m hip height. Tyrannosaurus rex is 0.9× the length of Giganotosaurus carolinii.Silhouettes: Tyrannosaurus rex · Emily Willoughby, CC BY-SA 3.0, via PhyloPic · CC BY-SA 3.0; Giganotosaurus carolinii · Tasman Dixon, CC0 1.0, via PhyloPic · CC0 1.0; Human · Cagri CEVRIM · CC0 1.0

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Tyrannosaurus rex

Period: Cretaceous· Maastrichtian
Age: 68–66 Ma
Diet: Carnivore
Length: 12.3–13 m
Height: 3.6–4 m
Mass: 6–9.5 t
Found in: Hell Creek Formation, Lance Formation, Scollard Formation, Frenchman Formation, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Alberta, Saskatchewan
Classification: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Coelurosauria › Tyrannosauroidea › Tyrannosauridae › Tyrannosaurinae › Tyrannosaurus › Tyrannosaurus rex
Year described: 1905

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Giganotosaurus carolinii

Period: Cretaceous· Cenomanian
Age: 100.5–93.9 Ma
Diet: Carnivore
Length: 12.5–13.2 m
Height: 3–3.6 m
Mass: 6–8 t
Found in: Candeleros Formation, Argentina, Neuquén Province
Classification: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Tetanurae › Allosauroidea › Carcharodontosauridae › Giganotosaurus › Giganotosaurus carolinii
Year described: 1995