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Argentinosaurus

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
Location : 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.