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Dinosaur size comparison

Put dinosaurs side by side with a 1.75 m person on the same scale. Lengths are available for 381 genera.

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Phuwiangosaurus is about 9.4 times longer than Velociraptor.

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AttributeTyrannosaurusPhuwiangosaurusVelociraptor
When83.6–66 million years ago125.77–113.2 million years ago89.8–66 million years ago
PeriodCretaceousCretaceousCretaceous
DietCarnivoreHerbivoreCarnivore
Length12.3 m17 m1.8 m
Weight8.4 t–15 kg
Main rock formationHell CreekSao KhuaDjadokhta
Found inCanada, Mexico, United StatesThailandCanada, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia
Named byOsborn, 1905Martin et al., 1994Osborn, 1924

Time range, countries and formation from the Paleobiology Database. Time ranges can be wider than the real one because they follow the age of whole rock stages.

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Top 10 longest

  1. 1Patagotitan37 m
  2. 2Argentinosaurus35 m
  3. 3Supersaurus34.5 m
  4. 4Ruyangosaurus32.5 m
  5. 5Puertasaurus30 m
  6. 6Paralititan28 m
  7. 7Nagatitan27 m
  8. 8Daxiatitan26.5 m
  9. 9Diplodocus26 m
  10. 10Dreadnoughtus26 m

Lengths are estimates from Wikipedia, Wikidata and the papers that named each genus, often based on incomplete skeletons. Silhouettes show a general body shape for each group, not the exact shape of each species.