Saturday 24 May 2014

World's biggest dinosaur? Let's keep a sense of proportion here


Credit: SVPow

http://svpow.com/2014/05/19/the-new-argentine-titanosaur-was-about-the-same-size-as-the-biggest-argentinosaurus/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/19/scientists-claim-worlds-largest-dinosaur-find/?tid=pm_pop / Argentine titanosaur size big biggest Argentinosaurus Sauropod vertebra vertabrae whale herbivore carnivore scale photograph skeleton dinosaur dinosaur in the world Tyranosaurus T. Rex newfound P. Rex Pinocchio rex dinosaur scientist scientists biggest bones dinosaur length head to tail 130 feet long 65 feet seven-story building central Argentine town El Sombrero local farmer weighed 80 tons Argentinosaurus sauropod subgroup Titanosaur 100 million years ago long serpentine neck vegetation Patagonia 200 bones animals died drought African elephants weight José Luis Carballido team of researchers Argentina’s Museum of Palaeontology paleontological treasure Argentinosaurus excavation Paul Barrett London’s Natural History Museum fragmentary specimens complete skeleton proportions overall shape conjectural discovery new Argentine titanosaur same size biggest Argentinosaurus Sauropod vertebra Picture of the Week /