It is now also stated that "Scotty" was 42-43 feet long. I decided to check this out myself. I couldn't access the paper before, but now I have access to it. Persons IV et al., (2019) gave her femur a length of 133.0-133.3 meters, compared to "Sue's" 132.1-cm femur from Brochu (2003). Unfortunately, I couldn't get an accurate estimate of the femur, so I looked at her dentary and right pedal phalanx IV-1.
"Scotty's" and "Sue's" Measurements (Persons IV et al., 2019):
Right Pedal Phalanx IV-1:
18.4 cm. (Persons IV et al., 2019)
My Length: 23.5 cm (at best). (Measured on 9/24/19)
Dentary Tooth Row:
59.5 cm. (Persons IV et al., 2019)
My Length (Right Dentary): 57.3 cm. (Measured on 3/20/21 in Persons IV et al., 2019, right dentary, "B", medial)
Femur Width: 21.0 cm. (Persons IV et al., 2019) (The Guardian, 2019 reports a width of 20.3 cm)
Right Fibula: 120 cm. (Measured twice in Persons IV et al., 2019)
"Scotty's" Dentaries (I measured from the tip of the jaw to the 14th-marked alveoli):
Right Pedal Phalanx IV-1: 16 cm (my measurement from Brochu, 2003).
Dentary Tooth Row:
58.5 cm. (Persons IV et al., 2019)
My Length (Right Dentary): 56 cm (Brochu, 2003, pg. 41, right dentary, "D," medial)
Femur Width: 20 cm. (Brochu, 2003, pg. 112, "A")
Right Fibula: 119.0 cm. (Brochu, 2003, pg. 116, right, "C")
Update (8/23/19): "Scotty" is larger than I thought! I had some trouble trying to get a length of her femur, but I've FINALLY found a good pick of her femur that gave me an accurate length. It's longer than 138 cm...
Femur (Cast) from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum's Twitter Page:
(I measured the top picture, not the drawing)
Lengths:
140 cm (Straight side).
142.5 cm (Other side with femoral head).
148.5 cm (Total length from femoral head to tip of longest end). (Measured on 9/8/19)
148.5 cm (Total length from femoral head to tip of longest end). (Measured on 9/8/19)
I'm going to go with the 140-cm length.
"Sue":
Femur: 137 cm.
Body: 13.0 meters.
140 - 137 = 3.
3/137*100 = 2.2% increase.
13.0 m + 2.2% = 13.3 meters.
Update (9/8/19): I've decided to go with the total femur length.
"Sue":
Femur (Total Length): 143 cm.
Body: 13.6 meters.
Here's how I got "Sue's" length:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/11/how-big-was-sue-fmnh-pr-2081.html
148.5 - 143 = 5.5.
5.5/143*100 = 3.9% increase.
13.6 m + 3.9% = 46 feet (14.1 meters).
Femur: 137 cm.
Body: 13.0 meters.
140 - 137 = 3.
3/137*100 = 2.2% increase.
13.0 m + 2.2% = 13.3 meters.
Update (9/8/19): I've decided to go with the total femur length.
"Sue":
Femur (Total Length): 143 cm.
Body: 13.6 meters.
Here's how I got "Sue's" length:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/11/how-big-was-sue-fmnh-pr-2081.html
148.5 - 143 = 5.5.
5.5/143*100 = 3.9% increase.
13.6 m + 3.9% = 46 feet (14.1 meters).
Femur Length: 148.5 cm.
Links:
Femur Picture:
Royal Saskatchewan Museum's Twitter:
Persons IV et al., (2019):https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.24118?tracking_action=preview_click&r3_referer=wol&show_checkout=1
Abstract:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ar.24118
Version 2:
https://www.gbif.org/species/159236947
43 feet ("13 meters"):
https://www.folio.ca/paleontologists-identify-biggest-tyrannosaurus-rex-ever-discovered/
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/4/scotty-the-dinosaur-skeleton-which-is-a-contender-for-the-largest-t-rex-ever-568750
https://earthsky.org/earth/worlds-biggest-tyrannosaurus-rex
https://www.sciencealert.com/palaeontologists-have-discovered-the-biggest-t-rex-yet-and-it-s-been-through-a-lot
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/worlds-largest-carnivorous-dinosaur-discovered-in-canada-/
https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/03/25/worlds-biggest-oldest-t-rex-skeleton-identified-in-canada
https://www.businessinsider.com/t-rex-discovered-in-canada-biggest-oldest-2019-3
https://newatlas.com/worlds-largest-tyrannosaurus-rex/58991/
http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/scotty-tyrannosaurus-rex-07024.html
https://www.geek.com/news/paleontologists-report-worlds-biggest-tyrannosaurus-rex-1779727/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/world-s-largest-tyrannosaurus-rex-scotty-unveiled-in-saskatchewan-1.4428084
Weight:
https://www.folio.ca/paleontologists-identify-biggest-tyrannosaurus-rex-ever-discovered/
https://earthsky.org/earth/worlds-biggest-tyrannosaurus-rex
https://www.sciencealert.com/palaeontologists-have-discovered-the-biggest-t-rex-yet-and-it-s-been-through-a-lot
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/worlds-largest-carnivorous-dinosaur-discovered-in-canada-/
https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/03/25/worlds-biggest-oldest-t-rex-skeleton-identified-in-canada
Femur Width (8 inches/20.3 cm):
The Guardian (2019):
https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/canada/unearthed-t-rex-is-the-largest-known-specimen-and-its-from-saskatchewan-295584/
Brochu (2003):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249022959_Osteology_of_Tyrannosaurus_rex_Insights_from_a_Nearly_Complete_Skeleton_and_High-Resolution_Computed_Tomographic_Analysis_of_the_Skull
Age:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/world-s-largest-tyrannosaurus-rex-scotty-unveiled-in-saskatchewan-1.4428084
The Guardian (2019):
https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/canada/unearthed-t-rex-is-the-largest-known-specimen-and-its-from-saskatchewan-295584/
Female:
CBC (2018):
https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/features/scotty-canadas-home-grown-tyrannosaurus-rex-is-actually-a-female
