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Bruhathkayosaurus (/ b r uː ˌ h æ θ k eɪ oʊ ˈ s ɔːr ə s /; meaning "huge-bodied lizard") is a controversial genus of sauropod dinosaur found in the Kallamedu Formation of India. The fragmentary remains were originally described as a theropod , but it was later determined to be a titanosaurian sauropod.
Another large but even more controversial sauropod is Bruhathkayosaurus which had a calculated weight ranging between 126–220 t (139–243 short tons) and a length of 44.1 m (145 ft) [13] [14] [15] Although the existence of this sauropod had long been dismissed as a potential fake or a misidentification of a petrified tree trunk, recent ...
This later contributed to Carpenter 2018's estimate being smaller than expected. Thus, he estimated Maraapunisaurus at 35–40 m (115–131 ft) in length and 80–120 t (88–132 short tons) in weight. He estimates a femoral length of 3–3.5 m (9.8–11.5 ft) and a dorsal-sacral length of 7.7–9 m (25–30 ft), much longer than those of the ...
Bruhathkayosaurus might have been between 40–45 m (131–148 ft) in length and 175–220 tonnes in weight according to some estimates, with recent estimates being place between 110-170 tons. [132] [136] [10] Maraapunisaurus might have been approximately 35–40 m long and 80–120 tonnes or more. [137]
The main contender for the largest sauropod and the longest known vertebrate is Bruhathkayosaurus matleyi known from now disentereated remains which was upto 40 m (130 ft) in length and 110–130 t (240,000–290,000 lb) in weight. [139] With paleontologist Michael Benton, giving Bruhathkayosaurus a length of 45 metres (148 ft). [140]
At the time, mass estimates ranged up to 180 tons, [14] which placed it in the same category as the blue whale and the equally problematic Bruhathkayosaurus. The naming of the chimeric Ultrasauros has a similarly complicated history. Ultrasaurus (with the final "u") was the original choice, and was widely used by the media after the discovery ...
The blue whale is the largest animal alive today. Bruhathkayosaurus is potentially the largest animal to have walked the earth. Clockwise from top left: an African bush elephant, the largest extant terrestrial animal; a blue whale, the largest animal ever to exist; and a colossal squid, the largest invertebrate.
The weight of Amphicoelias fragillimus was estimated at 122.4 metric tons with lengths of up to nearly 60 meters [21] but 2015 research argued that these estimates were based on a diplodocid rather than the more modern rebbachisaurid, suggesting a much shorter length of 35–40 meters with mass between 80–120 tons. [22]