Over 100M years ago, titanosaur ‘Patagotitan mayorum‘ wandered around what is now Argentina. It grew >120 feet long, 28 feet tall & weighed ~ 70 tons. (That’s longer than a blue whale!)
https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/news-posts/meet-patagotitan-mayorum #science #history #SharedPlanet
![A scale diagram showing the giant titanosaur Patagotitan mayorum, compared to some humans. via Wikimedia Commons
“• Patagotitan silhouette based proportionally on a skeletal reconstruction by Henrique Paes, used with permission.[1]
• Patagotitan is one of the more complete giant titanosaurs but there are still areas that are unknown.[2] The proportions shown here, such as neck and tail length, are dependent on how many vertebrae are used to fill in the gaps; these proportions might differ slightly between reconstructions.
• Humans scaled to 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) and 160 cm (5 ft 3 in).”](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1195093 "A scale diagram showing the giant titanosaur Patagotitan mayorum, compared to some humans. via Wikimedia Commons
“• Patagotitan silhouette based proportionally on a skeletal reconstruction by Henrique Paes, used with permission.[1]
• Patagotitan is one of the more complete giant titanosaurs but there are still areas that are unknown.[2] The proportions shown here, such as neck and tail length, are dependent on how many vertebrae are used to fill in the gaps; these proportions might differ slightly between reconstructions.
• Humans scaled to 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) and 160 cm (5 ft 3 in).”")
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