Daily Dino Fact: Is T-Rex the tooth king after all?
Yaaarrrr, climb into me mouth
Q: Wonder what the biggest dino tooth was? -Lavastretch
A: You know, it’s not often that this happens but I’m a little stumped on this question! If I can remember correctly from my education in paleontology, Tyrannosaurus Rex (pictured above) is generally assumed to have the biggest teeth out of any dinosaur.
These giant killing machines stood up to 40 ft long (12.4 m) and 15 to 20 ft (4.6 to 6 m) high. Despite their little baby arms (don’t tell Rexxy I said that), these savage beasts had teeth over 9 inches (23 cm) long. WOW. An even cooler stat: THEY COULD EAT UP TO 500LBS OF MEAT AND BONE IN ONE BITE. DOUBLE WOW. It’s no wonder the T-Rex has the reputation that it does.
Here is what I’m stumped on though. I tried doing some research to find a specific example of the largest dinosaur tooth ever and couldn’t come up with a definitive answer. Here’s your challenge. The longest T-Rex tooth ever found was 13 inches (33 cm) long. If you can find where a larger dinosaur tooth was found and provide a link to the article, I’ll gladly hook you up with a coin code. [Post in the comments]
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
-Rex
Tags: biggest tooth, Daily Dino Fact, Dinosaurs, webosaurs
January 14th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
http://www.palenews.net/2009/06/largest-carnivorous-dinosaur-tooth-ever.html,
here is the link
it was found in spain
~Aquatica~
January 14th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Awsome! I also have a question!! Where there any bioluminescent dinosaurs?
January 14th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
cant find it yet- but I am NOT going to give up!
January 14th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
I think I found it… http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2008/7/22/3804222.html Might be there. Good luck finding the answers, dinos!
-Starwar388
January 14th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Hmm I couldn’t find anything.. I’ll keep looking though! I only found one thats 9.83 cm. But 13 inches.. thats long! Here’s a link to A SHORTER TOOTHhttp://www.paleodirect.com/dt5-032.htm just scroll down to see how long it is. Anyway, I got a question.
Which dinosaur gets forgotten easily?
~Screechie
January 14th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Well…I searched for hours, but couldn’t come across anything!
January 15th, 2010 at 12:17 am
Oh, i know the dino that have larger tooth! (well, 90% is sea reptile
)
and of course, its carnivore! My guess is……
Liopleurodon!
According to one of my book, liopleurodon tooth is 26 inches long! (66 cm)
double of T-rex tooth! and i should say:
TRIPLE WOW!!!
hope you guys pick me and award me with your coin code Rex!
cheers!
Irvine
January 15th, 2010 at 1:39 am
Wow, I never knew that. Those Dino Facts really show Webosaurs is educational
When will Pterry’s true Science come or Rexxys News?
-Liefdrag
January 15th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Here’s a question Rex?
From which species did dinosaurs evolve?
Chipmunk.
January 15th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
LOOK AT THOSE GIANT TEETH!!
January 15th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
What was the dangerous dinosaur in the world?
January 15th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
possibly this one:
http://www.livescience.com/animals/090622-dinosaur-tooth.html
It was found in spain
January 15th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
oh I know the dangerous.Its tyrannosaurs.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/a/tyrannosaurs.htm
January 16th, 2010 at 3:12 am
Daspletosaurus had bigger teeth y know.
January 16th, 2010 at 8:05 am
what was the biggest dinosaur?-Track
January 16th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
what was the largest dino species in the jurrassic period?- Aquatica
January 17th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
was there any amphibian dinos?
January 17th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Ok here is what i found. it is from a Megalodon shark and is over 17 or 18 centimeters long (tough competition eh rexxy) and the link is http://www.dinosaurhome.com/what-is-the-largest-dinosaur-tooth-ever-found-88812.html