Image: Argentinosaurus 9

Description: Skeletal restoration of Argentinosaurus. The holotype, MCF-PVPH 1,[1] consists of six described dorsal vertebrae, another undescribed dorsal vertebra,[2] five sacral vertebrae, an ilium, a pubis, and a fibula.[3] The pubis is not figured, and only the dorsal vertebrae are figured in lateral view.[4] A referred femur, MLP-DP 16-VIII-21-3, is also known.[1] The pubis, ilium, sacrum, and fibula were drawn based on Carpenter's skeletal.[5] Missing elements restored after Patagotitan and Futalgonkosaurus.[6][7][8] Human silhouette from File:Silhouette of man standing and facing forward.svg. The total length of the sauropod is about 34 meters in this reconstruction, although any size comparison or restoration for this taxon should be taken with a grain of salt. Key   Known,   Known but never figured,   Referred material,   Unknown References ↑ a b Mazzetta*, Gerardo V., Per Christiansen, and Richard A. Fariña. "Giants and bizarres: body size of some southern South American Cretaceous dinosaurs." Historical Biology 16.2-4 (2004): 71-83. ↑ Salgado, Leonardo; Powell, Jaime E. (2010). "Reassessment of the vertebral laminae in some South American titanosaurian sauropods". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (6): 1760–1772. DOI:10.1080/02724634.2010.520783. ↑ Mazzetta, Gerardo V. (2004). "Giants and Bizarres: Body Size of Some Southern South American Cretaceous Dinosaurs". Historical Biology 16 (2–4): 71–83. DOI:10.1080/08912960410001715132. Retrieved on January 8, 2008. ↑ Bonaparte, José F., and Rodolfo A. Coria. "Un nuevo y gigantesco saurópodo titanosaurio de la Formación Río Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano) de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina." Ameghiniana 30.3 (1993): 271-282. ↑ Carpenter, Kenneth. "Biggest of the big: a critical re-evaluation of the mega-sauropod Amphicoelias fragillimus Cope, 1878." New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36 (2006): 131-137. ↑ Carballido, José L.; Pol, Diego; Otero, Aejandro; Cerda, Ignacio A.; Salgado, Leonardo; Garrido, Alberto C.; Ramezani, Jahandar; Cuneo, Néstor R.; Krause Javier M. (2017). "A new giant titanosaur sheds light on body mass evolution among sauropod dinosaurs". Proc. R. Soc. B 284 (1860): 20171219. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2017.1219. ↑ Randomdinos, Patagotitan mayorum skeletal reconstruction. ↑ (2007). "Anatomy of Futalognkosaurus dukei Calvo, Porfiri, González Riga & Kellner, 2007 (Dinosauria, Titanosauridae) from the Neuquén Group (Late Cretaceous), Patagonia, Argentina". Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65 (4): 511-526. ISSN 0365-4508.
Title: Argentinosaurus 9
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