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Related: About this forumLargest dinosaur species ever discovered crammed into American Museum of Natural History
Yesterday, the American Museum of Natural History opened the biggest dinosaur exhibit in its history, or at least the largest exhibit of any single dinosaur. The museum is showing the largest Titanosaur ever discovered. The bones were found in 2014 and the species is new enough that we dont even have a formal name for it yet. Like the previous record-holder, Argentinosaurus, the as-yet-unnamed Titanosaur was found in Argentina. A visual comparison of how various Titanosaurs compare to a human is below:
Titanosaurs, as the name suggests, are some of the very largest and heaviest dinosaurs to ever walk the Earth. They were sauropods, a type of dinosaur characterized by long necks, relatively small heads, and four thick legs that are more reminiscent of Grecian pillars than ordinary bones. The femur of this particular Titanosaur, for example, measured more than eight feet long. This particular specimen was an estimated 121 feet long and weighed in at 70 short tons (63 metric tons). Thats big, even by dinosaur standards, but scientists have determined that this dinosaur was only a juvenile.
This particular sauropod had pointier teeth than you might expect on a herbivore, according to Ars Technica, and scientists think it likely fed like a huge lawn mower take a step, sweep the area in front of you for plant matter, swallow (without chewing), step, and sweep forward again. One of the misconceptions about sauropods in general is that they held their heads high, but their necks wouldnt have been flexible enough to permit it in animals of this size. Titanosaurs are thought to have lived in herds for mutual defense and protection. The sheer size of a Titanosaur would have been its own defense even Tyrannosaurus Rex, one of the largest predator dinosaurs (at least on land), wouldve weighed a fraction of a full-grown Titanosaur.
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Largest dinosaur species ever discovered crammed into American Museum of Natural History (Original Post)
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tblue37
(65,319 posts)1. K&R. nt
ShrimpPoboy
(301 posts)2. They shouldn't keep such a beautiful creature that way
Let it run free.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)3. Lol. We'd be I trouble if they could.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)4. But what if it eats people?
Renew Deal
(81,855 posts)5. Then it's at the right place
tombennett91
(24 posts)6. Rights
Were any dinosaurs harmed in the making of this?