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Post by coherentsheaf on May 17, 2014 13:05:08 GMT 5
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Post by creature386 on May 17, 2014 14:52:26 GMT 5
Again something that awaits a description. But its nice to know it before the description. I am looking forward to how big it will be, after the paper is released.
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Post by theropod on May 17, 2014 15:52:48 GMT 5
Cool discovery. Looks like a really huge find, in so many bones it is bound to teach us something valuable.
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Post by Fragillimus335 on May 17, 2014 23:48:06 GMT 5
Cool discovery. Looks like a really huge find, in so many bones it is bound to teach us something valuable. Not just large, perhaps the biggest as they claim, look at this freaking femur! Over 2.8 meters long assuming that guy isn't a midget!  |
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Post by coherentsheaf on May 18, 2014 0:14:39 GMT 5
Fragilimus, where is this pic from?
Edit: 2.8m i what I get as well. Massive creature.
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Post by Fragillimus335 on May 18, 2014 1:52:31 GMT 5
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Post by theropod on May 18, 2014 15:20:34 GMT 5
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Post by coherentsheaf on May 19, 2014 2:39:16 GMT 5
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Post by theropod on May 19, 2014 23:18:23 GMT 5
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 9:55:47 GMT 5
I'll just wait for the paper, hope it's open-access, then look for the femur length. All those estimates made for that newly-discovered femur are equally likely imo until then.
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Post by theropod on May 21, 2014 17:13:30 GMT 5
It’s also a matter of how the femur is measured I guess. But guesses significantly higher than those for Argentinosaurus are just an artifact of forced perspective.
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Post by coherentsheaf on May 21, 2014 18:39:58 GMT 5
It’s also a matter of how the femur is measured I guess. But guesses significantly higher than those for Argentinosaurus are just an artifact of forced perspective. Agreed. Reverse engineering the limb allometry equation most likely used here gives an estimated femur circumference of 1.04m, more details in the discussion page of svpow: svpow.com/2014/05/19/the-new-argentine-titanosaur-was-about-the-same-size-as-the-biggest-argentinosaurus/this is about 5% smaller than the one of Argentinosaurus, completely consistent with 2.4m total length, given that A.'s femur was about 2.5m long. Note that using the limb allometry equation for agentinosaurus with a humerus circumference derived from geometric similarity to the new Titanosaur gives a body mass of 93 (!) tonnes. This indicates that Argetinosaurus was either rather monstrous or surprisigly athletic. Both are pretty cool possibilities. |
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Post by creature386 on May 21, 2014 19:29:04 GMT 5
I'll just wait for the paper, hope it's open-access, then look for the femur length. All those estimates made for that newly-discovered femur are equally likely imo until then. Most new descriptions were on PLoS ONE, I am therefore optimistic about access. |
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Post by theropod on Jun 5, 2014 1:10:20 GMT 5
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Post by Godzillasaurus on Jun 5, 2014 1:14:33 GMT 5
Wow. 35-40 meters would put it a lot longer than Argentinosaurus and Puertasaurus (both around 100 feet long)
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