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Dreadnoughtus, the new giant!

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Evan123

MemberCompsognathusSep-04-2014 3:33 PM

Just thought I would share this interesting news here :) 

¨New fossils found in Argentina represent the most complete giant sauropod dinosaur ever discovered.

Scientists say they have 70% of the key bones needed to fully describe the creature, Dreadnoughtus schrani

Dreadnoughtus artist's impression

'Dreadnought' dinosaur yields big bone haul By Jonathan Amos

*Edited by **AL**
 
How far can we push nature before it pushes back?
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Lord Vader

MemberTyrannosaurus RexSep-04-2014 3:41 PM

That's a heck of a beast. Nice find SFKing. 

Jack of all trades. Master of none

Matt

MemberTriceratopsSep-04-2014 3:53 PM

That is one big dinosaur....wonder how much it could eventually have grown.

Tyrant king

MemberCompsognathusSep-04-2014 4:02 PM

wow,an awesome dinosaur.

Sci-Fi King25

MemberAllosaurusSep-04-2014 4:29 PM

My dad told me about this, and then we watched it on the news. It's amazing, isn't it?

 

“Banana oil.”- George Takei, Gigantis: The Fire Monster

Silver_Falcon

MemberCompsognathusSep-04-2014 5:17 PM

Should've just left it at "Dreadnought" Instead of "Dreadnoughtus." Dreadnought just sounds so much cooler.

Here, have a waffle (-'.')-#

Carnosaur

MemberCompsognathusSep-04-2014 6:26 PM

Good to see this thing has a name to it now, my estimates for its size were right on the money

Coolio

Nice find Evan

Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Evan123

MemberCompsognathusSep-05-2014 10:15 AM

It's definitely a monster, I too wonder how big it could have got, I recently read it was growing fast at the time it was killed :)

How far can we push nature before it pushes back?

Carnosaur

MemberCompsognathusSep-05-2014 10:21 AM

The Cervical vertebrate weren't fully fused at the time of its death, but were pretty close. That tells us this thing was nearing maturity, and as seen in other sauropods, Dreadnoughtus was about to put on some serious weight. It's a titanosaur, and basing off of Argentinosaurus(even though we don't have an established growth rate for most sauropods) this thing would have weighed ~165-180 tons when it was fully mature, a beast indeed

Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Godzilla316

MemberBrachiosaurusSep-05-2014 1:11 PM

Wow

Remember that chap, I forget his name, he climbed Everest without any oxygen, came down nearly dead. They asked him, they said, "Why did you go up there to die?" He said, "I didn't, I went up there to live."

**Al**

Community ExecutiveMemberCompsognathusSep-05-2014 1:29 PM

´´Drexel University professor Ken Lacovara has recently unveiled a new supermassive dinosaur species he discovered and unearthed with his team between 2005 and 2009. Weighing in at nearly 65 tons, Dreadnoughtus schrani is the largest land animal ever found of calculable mass and also by far one of the most complete skeletons ever found for a dinosaur in this mass range''

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Allotitan

MemberCompsognathusSep-05-2014 3:08 PM

Awesome find! Its always good to have a new dinosaur species

When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Tell life I don't want you're damn lemons, and then squeeze them into life's eyes!

Mecha Rodan

MemberCompsognathusSep-05-2014 6:10 PM

Why can't we have any cool dinosaur discovries in Oklahome? We havethe High Lands where the Black Mesa is and barely anyone around. Wh does no one like Oklahoma? We're a very diverse state over here. We have the High Lands, a mini-desert, forests, mountains, plains, and lots of man-made lakes and natural rivers.

Carnosaur

MemberCompsognathusSep-05-2014 6:21 PM

^ you guys have Saurophaganax, that's a pretty cool Allosaurid right there!

Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Airman Allo

MemberCompsognathusSep-07-2014 8:21 PM

/whistle incredulously 

That is one big cow lol

ankybeatsall2468

MemberCompsognathusJan-12-2015 3:26 PM

HOW BIG IS IT?

brego

MemberCompsognathusMar-22-2015 12:08 AM

I think the reason that JP4 doesnt feature Super Giant Sauropods is the basic fact that they would eat and probably kill every tree on the Island. These giants reached over 80,000kgs and would eat half a tonne a day. Still would love to see a Supersaurus, or Brachiasaur because they are awsome. Also how would you fence them in?

Spartacus Rex

MemberCompsognathusMar-22-2015 3:59 PM

Silver_Falcon,

 

Because Games Workshop will sue the scientists for naming their dino after their Warhammer 40K Space Marine unit :D

 

Awesome discovery by the way! Thumbs up!

The RWK

MemberCompsognathusDec-09-2015 5:41 AM

That's one big titanisaur

AdamSmith

MemberCompsognathusDec-14-2015 11:10 PM

That's one big dinasour

AdamSmith

MemberCompsognathusDec-14-2015 11:12 PM

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