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Maraapunisaurus
''Maraapunisaurus'' is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of western North America. It is known only from what has sometimes been estimated to be the largest dinosaur specimen ever discovered, originally named ''Amphicoelias fragillimus''. Based on surviving descriptions of a single fossil bone, scientists have produced numerous size estimates over the years; the largest estimate ''M. fragillimus'' to have been the longest known animal at in length and with a mass of . However, because the only fossil remains were lost at some point after being studied and described in the 1870s, evidence survived only in contemporary drawings and field notes. More recent studies have made a number of suggestions regarding the possibility of such an animal. One analysis of the surviving evidence, and the biological plausibility of such a large land animal, has suggested that the enormous size of this animal were over-estimates due partly to typographical erro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maraapunisaurus Compar
''Maraapunisaurus'' is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of western North America. It is known only from what has sometimes been estimated to be the largest dinosaur specimen ever discovered, originally named '' Amphicoelias fragillimus''. Based on surviving descriptions of a single fossil bone, scientists have produced numerous size estimates over the years; the largest estimate ''M. fragillimus'' to have been the longest known animal at in length and with a mass of . However, because the only fossil remains were lost at some point after being studied and described in the 1870s, evidence survived only in contemporary drawings and field notes. More recent studies have made a number of suggestions regarding the possibility of such an animal. One analysis of the surviving evidence, and the biological plausibility of such a large land animal, has suggested that the enormous size of this animal were over-estimates due partly to typographical e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
