ALL ANSWERS · DINOSAURS · DAILY No. 44 · OCTOBER 17, 2026
Size It Up Dinosaurs answer: October 17
The five Dinosaurs silhouettes for October 17, with the true sizes. If you have not played yet, this page is a spoiler — play these five first, then come back to argue with the numbers.
Day 44 ran from a compsognathus (70 cm) to a torvosaurus (10 m). The widest gap was round 4, Compsognathus against Polacanthus, at 7.1×; the closest call was round 5, Maiasaura against Yutyrannus, only 1.2× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus sastrei vs Zuniceratops Zuniceratops christopheri
Zuniceratops · reference · 3.5 m Carnotaurus · true length · 8 m 2.3× longer than the zuniceratops
Carnotaurus is represented here by a selected estimated total length of 8 m. Dinosaur reconstructions vary; this is the source value used for this comparison.
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ROUND 2
Protoceratops Protoceratops andrewsi vs Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus magniventris
Ankylosaurus · reference · 8 m Protoceratops · true length · 1.8 m 4.4× shorter than the ankylosaurus
Protoceratops is represented here by a selected estimated total length of 1.8 m. Dinosaur reconstructions vary; this is the source value used for this comparison.
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ROUND 3
Torvosaurus Torvosaurus tanneri vs Deinonychus Deinonychus antirrhopus
Deinonychus · reference · 3.4 m Torvosaurus · true length · 10 m 2.9× longer than the deinonychus
Torvosaurus is represented here by a selected estimated total length of 10 m. Dinosaur reconstructions vary; this is the published estimate used for this comparison.
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ROUND 4
Compsognathus Compsognathus longipes vs Polacanthus Polacanthus foxii
Polacanthus · reference · 5 m Compsognathus · true length · 70 cm 7.1× shorter than the polacanthus
Compsognathus is represented here by a selected estimated total length of 0.7 m. Dinosaur reconstructions vary; this is the source value used for this comparison.
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ROUND 5
Maiasaura Maiasaura peeblesorum vs Yutyrannus Yutyrannus huali
Yutyrannus · reference · 7.5 m Maiasaura · true length · 9 m 1.2× longer than the yutyrannus
Maiasaura is represented here by a selected estimated total length of 9 m. Dinosaur reconstructions vary; this is the published estimate used for this comparison.
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