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Newly discovered dinosaur weighed 65 tons
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:37 am
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:37 am
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Measurements of bones from its leg and arm revealed that the animal was 65 tons, and still growing when it died in the Patagonian hills of Argentina about 77 million years ago.
“To put this in perspective, an African elephant is about 5 tons, T. rex is 8 tons, Diplodocus is 18 tons, and a Boeing 737 is around 50 tons,” said study author and paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara at Drexel University. “And then you have Dreadnoughtus at 65 tons.”
Measurements of bones from its leg and arm revealed that the animal was 65 tons, and still growing when it died in the Patagonian hills of Argentina about 77 million years ago.
“To put this in perspective, an African elephant is about 5 tons, T. rex is 8 tons, Diplodocus is 18 tons, and a Boeing 737 is around 50 tons,” said study author and paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara at Drexel University. “And then you have Dreadnoughtus at 65 tons.”
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Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:38 am to RedRifle
Y'all think dinosaurs would have been good table fare?
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:39 am to RedRifle
I wish I was in this interesting but total bullshite field just so I could come out and claim it was actually 68 tons and Dr. Lacovara is a hack.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:41 am to RedRifle
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Dreadnoughtus
tf?
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:41 am to RedRifle
bullshite
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:41 am to KingRanch
I bet some of them had to taste really good. Warm blooded lizards more like giant fowl.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:42 am to KingRanch
The fatty ones. I bet they taste like chicken
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:42 am to Napoleon
I'm thinking any of the plant eaters would have been delicious.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:42 am to RedRifle
gawwwww that's pretty wild
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:43 am to RedRifle
Something seems a bit off
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:43 am to RedRifle
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:43 am to KingRanch
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Based on the width and strength of its skeleton, toppling over would likely spell death for such a heavy animal.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:44 am to RedRifle
I'm picturing huge dreadnoughtocus sex right now
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:44 am to RedRifle
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“I would imagine [Dreadnoughtus] would have had a very similar nesting behavior: the congregation of hundreds or thousands of 60 ton females gathering together to nest in a lost valley somewhere,” he said.
No wonder Pangea broke apart.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:44 am to Phil A Sheo
The dinosaur is more dense
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:44 am to KingRanch
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Y'all think dinosaurs would have been good table fare?
Maybe the little ones.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:44 am to RedRifle
Finally, a cool name.
So many boring names for so long.
So many boring names for so long.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:45 am to RedRifle
clearly, they couldn't take two of those on the ark, so it went extinct.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:45 am to KingRanch
Them eggs too. One fried egg could feed a dozen people.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:46 am to RedRifle
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