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Size comparison. Sachicasaurus was a large pliosaur, with the type specimen measuring approximately 10 metres (33 ft) long and weighing 17 metric tons (19 short tons). [1] [2] The holotype specimen, MP111209-1, was found in 2013 and is known from a near complete skull, and postcranial elements including a complete hindlimb and various vertebrae.
Size comparison between a human and two species of Basilosaurus, B. cetiodes (dark blue) and B. isis The heaviest archeocete , and possibly the heaviest known mammal was Perucetus , with weight estimated at 85–340 t (84–335 long tons; 94–375 short tons), while length is estimated at 17.0–20.1 meters (55.8–65.9 ft), [ 108 ] possibly ...
English: Size comparison of the giant Colombian pliosaurid Sachicasaurus vitae. Sachicasaurus is known from a nearly complete, articulated skeleton, and has been estimated to be around 10 metres (33 ft) in length. The silhouette was scaled based on skull measurements in Páramo-Fonseca et. al. (2018).
Size range of Mosasaurus compared with a human. The type species, M. hoffmannii, is one of the largest marine reptiles known, [25] [57] though knowledge of its skeleton remains incomplete as it is mainly known from skulls. [33]: 100 Russell (1967) wrote that the length of the jaw equalled one tenth of the body length in the species.
They ranged in size from some of the smallest known mosasaurs (Carinodens, 3–3.5 meters), to medium-sized taxa (Clidastes, 6+ meters), to the largest of the mosasaurs (Mosasaurus hoffmannii) potentially reaching about 13 m in length.
The Mosasaurus hoffmannii skull found in Maastricht between 1770 and 1774. The first publicized discovery of a partial fossil mosasaur skull in 1764 by quarry workers in a subterranean gallery of a limestone quarry in Mount Saint Peter, near the Dutch city of Maastricht, preceded any major dinosaur fossil discoveries, but remained little known.
In 1999, the size of Liopleurodon was greatly exaggerated in the BBC documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs, depicted as reaching 25 m (82 ft) in length. However, the different attributed specimens show that the animal could reach a size ranging from 4 to 8 m (13 to 26 ft) long, with some researchers estimating a maximum length of ...
Thalassotitan is one of the largest known mosasaurs, having an estimated size of around 9 to 10 m (30 to 33 ft) long. This genus shows definitely that mosasaurs evolved to take over the apex predator niche in the oceans of the Late Cretaceous which is now filled by sharks and orcas .