He was a big boy. A very, very big boy.
In fact, the Dreadnoughtus schrani dinosaur unveiled Thursday was one of the biggest -- if not THE biggest -- land animal ever to grace the Earth.
Experts estimate that back in its day -- the Upper Cretaceous period, approximately 77 million years ago -- this giant measured 85 feet long and weighed about 65 tons.
No wonder, then, paleontologists picked a first name that breaks down to "fear nothing." (The second name honors benefactor and tech entrepreneur Adam Schran.) You wouldn't be scared, either, if you towered over every creature in sight, could smash most anything with your whip-like tail and could smoosh most anything with your colossal feet.
"Dreadnoughtus schrani was astoundingly huge," said Kenneth Lacovara, the lead author of the report published in Scientific Reports, as quoted on his school Drexel University's website. "It weighed as much as a dozen African elephants or more than seven T. rex."
The fossilized remains of this Dreadnoughtus were unearthed recently in Argentina's southwestern Patagonia.
8 places for fantastic fossil finds
And to think the massive dinosaur pieced together by Lacovara's team was still growing up, according to expert analysis.
It's hard to say how much bigger this or other Dreadnoughtus may have gotten had it fully matured. Nor, without a time machine, can one quickly determine whether this new species was bigger than fellow titanosaurs such as the similarly gargantuan Argentinosaurus.
That's mostly because other finds like these are relatively incomplete, forcing paleontologists to make estimates based off a bone or two here and there.
"Titanosaurs are a remarkable group of dinosaurs, with species ranging from the weight of a cow to the weight of a sperm whale or more," said Matthew Lamanna, a Carnegie Museum of Natural History scholar who was part of the team, in the Drexel piece. "But the biggest dinosaurs have remained a mystery because, in almost all cases, their fossils are very incomplete."
Not so with the new Dreadnoughtus specimen, which is another big reason -- big being the operative word for everything about this creature -- it's so special.
Those who excavated the sometimes snow-covered terrain not far from Antarctica were able to locate more than 70% of the Dreadnoughtus' bones, including part of a jaw. Compare that to maybe 3% to 27% for other dinosaur finds of its kind.
Lacovara characterized the discovery as "by far the best example we have of any of the most giant creatures to ever walk the planet."
As heavy as 14 elephants, as long as 2 tractor trailers: Meet Mr. Titanosaur
And it's not like the scientists unearthed little chicken bones. A picture Lacovara posted to Twitter showed a woman next to one of Dreadnoughtus' scapulas, or shoulder blades, both roughly the same size. Its humerus, or upper arm, bone was taller than the Drexel University professor. A neck vertebra measured about 3 feet in diameter.
All these things -- from fossils of large bones to a single tooth, from part of a jaw to toes and a claw -- coupled with digital technology could help to learn a great deal about the Dreadnoughtus and other titanosaurs' lived in their era, beyond the fact it had a 37-foot-long neck and 30-foot-long tail.
One thing that it would have had to do, to get this big, is eat. A lot. (And it was all plants, proving your mom right that veggies can make you big and strong.)
Lacovara thinks the Dreadnoughtus must have had "a life-long obsession with eating," perhaps spending all its waking existence chomping leaves from giant tree after giant tree.
He said, "Every day is about taking in enough calories to nourish this house-sized body."

where is it?

omg

how come dem no dey ever find dinosaur fossil for Nigeria , abi oyinbo dey go plant dis tins for ground ni

Really

The biggest in deed

Oboy see free front page space.

Abeg park well joor! I think say them don discovered new animal not knowing it is this their fossil, dinosaurs blahblah trash! Me too i can dig bones....

ayaf hear

If this type write Exam e Go peep die
see neck

wonders of creation Reveals Gods Glory tho

So small

The 3D image makes this even more ridiculous. I thought nobody saw any of these dinosaurs because they existed somewhat millions years ago but still yet they want me to believe this crap. Nope I will pass.

front page things.. its really big

picshure or video evidence or adonbilivit

Rubbish Science

There is still a chance to see them in real life again. #paradise

Afghanistan: He was a big boy. A very, very big boy.
In fact, the Dreadnoughtus schrani dinosaur unveiled Thursday was one of the biggest -- if not THE biggest -- land animal ever to grace the Earth.
Experts estimate that back in its day -- the Upper Cretaceous period, approximately 77 million years ago -- this giant measured 85 feet long and weighed about 65 tons.
No wonder, then, paleontologists picked a first name that breaks down to "fear nothing." (The second name honors benefactor and tech entrepreneur Adam Schran.) You wouldn't be scared, either, if you towered over every creature in sight, could smash most anything with your whip-like tail and could smoosh most anything with your colossal feet.
"Dreadnoughtus schrani was astoundingly huge," said Kenneth Lacovara, the lead author of the report published in Scientific Reports, as quoted on his school Drexel University's website. "It weighed as much as a dozen African elephants or more than seven T. rex."
The fossilized remains of this Dreadnoughtus were unearthed recently in Argentina's southwestern Patagonia.
8 places for fantastic fossil finds
And to think the massive dinosaur pieced together by Lacovara's team was still growing up, according to expert analysis.
It's hard to say how much bigger this or other Dreadnoughtus may have gotten had it fully matured. Nor, without a time machine, can one quickly determine whether this new species was bigger than fellow titanosaurs such as the similarly gargantuan Argentinosaurus.
That's mostly because other finds like these are relatively incomplete, forcing paleontologists to make estimates based off a bone or two here and there.
"Titanosaurs are a remarkable group of dinosaurs, with species ranging from the weight of a cow to the weight of a sperm whale or more," said Matthew Lamanna, a Carnegie Museum of Natural History scholar who was part of the team, in the Drexel piece. "But the biggest dinosaurs have remained a mystery because, in almost all cases, their fossils are very incomplete."
Not so with the new Dreadnoughtus specimen, which is another big reason -- big being the operative word for everything about this creature -- it's so special.
Those who excavated the sometimes snow-covered terrain not far from Antarctica were able to locate more than 70% of the Dreadnoughtus' bones, including part of a jaw. Compare that to maybe 3% to 27% for other dinosaur finds of its kind.
Lacovara characterized the discovery as "by far the best example we have of any of the most giant creatures to ever walk the planet."
As heavy as 14 elephants, as long as 2 tractor trailers: Meet Mr. Titanosaur
And it's not like the scientists unearthed little chicken bones. A picture Lacovara posted to Twitter showed a woman next to one of Dreadnoughtus' scapulas, or shoulder blades, both roughly the same size. Its humerus, or upper arm, bone was taller than the Drexel University professor. A neck vertebra measured about 3 feet in diameter.
All these things -- from fossils of large bones to a single tooth, from part of a jaw to toes and a claw -- coupled with digital technology could help to learn a great deal about the Dreadnoughtus and other titanosaurs' lived in their era, beyond the fact it had a 37-foot-long neck and 30-foot-long tail.
One thing that it would have had to do, to get this big, is eat. A lot. (And it was all plants, proving your mom right that veggies can make you big and strong.)
Lacovara thinks the Dreadnoughtus must have had "a life-long obsession with eating," perhaps spending all its waking existence chomping leaves from giant tree after giant tree.
He said, "Every day is about taking in enough calories to nourish this house-sized body."

And how does this affected the price of GARRI on the market?

Lord knows why these enormous creatures are now extinct, they would have chased all of us from this earth

Elkewwty: where is it?

Babe, it is extinct

BIG BIGGER BIGGEST

never exist

why wont it be obsessed with eating?? his stomach must be the size of geepee tank

Waris da keh

Frontpage!!!

RFella: Lord knows why these enormous creatures are now extinct, they would have chased all of us from this earth

Wrong!!!
We would have led to their extinction.
Look at what is happening to Elephants, Giraffes, Lions, and all the other big animals. Gradual Extinction.
We have one thing over all the animals, OUR BRAIN, and that is why we have survived and continued to evolve.

Science and their make believe.

RFella: Lord knows why these enormous creatures are now extinct, they would have chased all of us from this earth

How? Man would still be the most dominant specie.

The topic should have been "the biggest and scariest creature to ever walk on earth"..

Dreadnoughts would have been the boss of them all but I wonder what would have happened whenever this animal tripped on something or fell over.... There is just so much to discover in this world and I am convinced we've only scratched the surface....








Abeg wey dis woman wey dey sell koko? Iya oni koko! Iya oni koko!! *Runs out of thread*

jesus helep me make i no see this kain tin oohhhhhhhh