Talk:Gigantoraptor

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A fact from Gigantoraptor appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 June 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Gigantoraptor, a bird-like dinosaur discovered in Inner Mongolia, is thirty-five times larger than its peacock-sized relative, Caudipteryx?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/June.

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Might hunt like secretary bird.

Although Sagittarius serpentarius weighs something like 4 kilos and Gigantoraptor about 1,400 kilos.-- 201.51.250.178 13:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Really?

Is it really accurate to describe T rex as 'ponderous'? I myself think not... Spinodontosaurus (talk) 19:50, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you. That statement needs evidence to back it up. Perhaps we should add a ^{[citation needed]} tag to that part. Chris 17:56, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

It does need a source, but it's not incorrect. Note that it says more ponderous. Certainly T. rex was heavier and less spry than the much lighter-built Gigantoraptor. MMartyniuk (talk) 15:09, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you're saying, it's certainly not incorrect. Should I add the tag anyways? Chris (talk) 17:38, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, why don't we trying toying around with a different wording? Perhaps describing Tarbosaurus as being larger and therefore less agile, instead of calling it "ponderous?" While it technically is more "ponderous" than Gigantoraptor, I think that term gives the impression that Tarbosaurus was a slow and cumbersome animal. Chris (talk) 02:03, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Heavens no, T. rex can never be referred to as anything other than awesome, and he can never be portrayed in a negative light. The King must not be de-throned, that's the unwritten rule, right? -- Myrrdin_Wyllt 4/6/12 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.234.242.12 (talk) 15:24, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I discovered this image and was wondering which environment Gigantoraptor lived in. Did it live in an arid, barren environment like in this image, or a humid environment like the one portrayed in the image in the article? Iainstein (talk) 02:27, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In any case, the image in the article has higher res, and drawings don't blend too well with photos, so I think we should keep it. And it doesn't show the entire environment anyway, only a couple of trees. FunkMonk (talk) 06:22, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Nemegt formation was well-watered and crossed by wide streams with forest-like vegetation, though it still had arid dry seasons. It probably didn't look like a desert, this is a good representation of the Nemegt in dry season: [1]. MMartyniuk (talk) 12:01, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]