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Argentinosaurus
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Name Argentinosaurus
Order Saurischia
Suborder Sauropoda
Class Titanosauridae
Name Translation Argentine Lizard
Period Early Cretaceous
Location Argentina
Diet Herbivore
Length 115 ft (35.4 m), 80-100 tons
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was a large sauropod widely considered to be the largest dinosaur ever. It was originally discovered when a farmer found its thighbone around his crops. He thought it was petrified wood and brought it
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to scientists and they quickly found that it was in fact the femur of a very large sauropod dinosaur. It was named in 1993.

DescriptionEdit

It is possibly the larges
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t dinosaur along with Seismosaurus, Bruhathkayosaurus  and Amphicoelias. It had been estimated to weigh about 110 tons when fully grown. Like all sauropods, it probably ate the leaves off the tops of conifers. It was a titanosaur, some of the biggest animals to have ever walked on land, and grew to that size to protect itself from predators like Giganotosaurus, Mapusaurus, and possibly Tyrannotitan as well. It had along, horizontal tail meant for balance or protection, and an extended, sturdy neck, good for reaching high into trees. When needed, Argentinosaurus could most likely stand up on its hind legs and use its tail for an extra balance. It had four thick, strong legs designed for holding its intense weight up instead of moving fast. But then again, why would it need to be fast? It was big and strong enough to keep nearly any predator away. It also most likely travelled in herds from place to place, finding wher
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e the best possible food areas are after they've stripped the last area down. It was also one of the last sauropods to have lived, and may have shared its environment with another, smaller sauropod called Amargasaurus.

In Popular CultureEdit

Argentinosaurus was featured in a Walking with Dinosaurs special, Chased by Giants, where Nigel Ma
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rvin tries to find them and see how they lived and survived from predators like Giganotosaurus. They were also in the BBC documentary Planet Dinosaur, where a herd of them is attacked by a pack of Mapusaurus. It was a main character in the IMAX movie, Dinosaurs, Giants of Patagonia.


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ReferencesEdit

Websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinosaurus

http://www.rareresource.com/argentinosaurus.htm

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/a/argentinosaurus.html

http://www.dinochecker.com/dinosaurs/ARGENTINOSAURUS

http://www.paleoglot.org/files/Bonaparte&Coria_93.pdf

http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/papers/Mazzetta-et-al_04_SA-dino-body-size.pdf

Documentaries:

Chased by Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs, Giants of Patagonia

Planet Dinosaur

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