Argentinosaurus
Argentinosaurus huenculensis
Pronounced:
Are-jen-Tee-no-Sore-us
Diet:
Herbivore (Plant-Eater)
Name Means:
"Argentina Lizard"
Length:
115 to 150 feet (35m to 45 m)?
Height:
50 feet (16 m)?
Weight:
80 tons (72,500 kilos)?
Time:
Middle Cretaceous - 110 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in
South America
Argentinosaurus may have been the biggest dinosaur ever. Like some of the
other really huge dinosaurs, such as Ultrasauros
, very little of Argentinosaurus has been found, so it is hard to tell exactly
what it may have looked like. The only thing that is certain is that it was a
huge, long-necked plant eater.
Argentinosaurus was discovered by a
retired oil worker and was formally
described in 1993. The few bones include
hipbones, backbones, and a tibia (lower
leg bone). One vertebra was over four
feet (1.3 m) tall and the tibia was 58
inches (155 cm) long. A number of
prominent scientists have stated that
this member of the South American
titanosaur family was the largest
dinosaur that ever lived. |
