A 65 ton dinosaur species that roamed what is now southern Patagonia in Argentina has been excavated. The 77 million year old skeleton of a sauropod weighing more than a Boeing 737, or 12 bull elephants, sported a 30 foot weaponized tail. Dreadnoughtus schrani lived 10 million years before Tyrannosaurus Rex, which would look like a puppy next to it. Former record holder for weight was Elaltitan.
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The article says this thing was not full grown! I have trouble picturing how much veggies and water this thing must have needed every day. How much waste output? How fast could they move? How much territory did they claim? Who were their enemies? How did their digestive and circulatory systems work? How smart were they?
Was it the higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere that allowed animals to evolve to this size?
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"It is by far the best example we have of any of the most giant creatures to ever walk the planet," Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, a paleontologist at Drexel University's College of Arts and Sciences and the scientist who discovered the skeleton, said in a written statement. "With a body the size of a house, the weight of a herd of elephants, and a weaponized tail, Dreadnoughtus would have feared nothing." |
The article says this thing was not full grown! I have trouble picturing how much veggies and water this thing must have needed every day. How much waste output? How fast could they move? How much territory did they claim? Who were their enemies? How did their digestive and circulatory systems work? How smart were they?
Was it the higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere that allowed animals to evolve to this size?
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