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Dreadnoughtus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur containing a single species, Dreadnoughtus schrani. D. schrani is known from two partial skeletons discovered in Upper Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian; approximately 76–70 Ma) rocks of the Cerro Fortaleza Formation in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is one of the largest ...
†Dreadnoughtus †Dreadnoughtus schrani; 75 Ma, Santonian to Maastrichtian Cerro Fortaleza Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina A giant titanosaur that is one of the largest of all known terrestrial vertebrates, possessing the greatest mass of any land animal that can be calculated with reasonable certainty, using limb bone measurements.
•Dreadnoughtus is one of the more complete giant titanosaurs known. The remains include material from parts of the neck, limb bones, scapular, pelvic bones and a lot of the tail. The neck of Dreadnoughtus is only known from two bones, so the exact length is uncertain. The size of the vertebrae implies a long neck. [2]
Dreadnoughtus Puertasaurus: Indeterminate 32 isolated teeth. Dreadnoughtus: D. schrani: Rio La Leona Valley, Upper Four incomplete proximal caudals and incomplete left astragalus. A titanosaur. Puertasaurus: P. reuili: Cerros Los Hornos, La Leona. Upper
Size of Paraceratherium (dark grey) compared to a human and other rhinos (though one study suggests Palaeoloxodon namadicus may have been a larger land mammal). The blue whale is the largest mammal of all time, with the longest known specimen being 33 m (108.3 ft) long and the heaviest weighted specimen being 190 tonnes.
A reevaluation of the estimated body mass of Dreadnoughtus schrani is published by Bates et al. (2015). [21] A study of phylogenetic relationships of ornithischian dinosaurs traditionally referred to as ‘basal ornithopods’ or ‘hypsilophodontids’ is published by Boyd (2015). [22]
Kenneth John Lacovara (born March 11, 1961) is an American paleontologist and geologist at Rowan University and fellow of the Explorers Club, [1] known for the discovery of the titanosaurian dinosaur Dreadnoughtus and his involvement in the discovery and naming of the giant sauropod dinosaur Paralititan, [2] [3] as well as his work applying 3D printing technology to paleontology.
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