Turiasaurus

Furthermore, the fact that Turiasaurus is represented by good, associated remains means that it might help clear up some of the mess represented by isolated remains (see previous post: Obscure dinosaurs of the Kimmeridge Clay).

Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006

Furthermore, the fact that Turiasaurus is represented by good, associated remains means that it might help clear up some of the mess represented by isolated remains (see previous post: Obscure dinosaurs of the Kimmeridge Clay).

Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’ Darren Naish 2006

While you might have heard of Supersaurus, Seimosaurus or Argentinosaurus – and perhaps even Turiasaurus and Paralititan – have you heard of … Amphicoelias fragillimus?

Biggest…. sauropod…. ever (part…. I) Darren Naish 2007

The method of calculating mass from femur circumference is clearly not very reliable, but I like it anyway, because (as detailed in the supp.inf. of the Turiasaurus paper) for giant sauropods it gives estimates as low as when conventional methods are combined with very low assumed densities (to account for all the air sacs) -- 29 t for Brachiosaurus brancai.

Biggest…. sauropod…. ever (part…. I) Darren Naish 2007

I'd encourage the more daring of you guys to try some of the rarer, odder, lesser known sauropods which are rarely illustrated... things like Turiasaurus, Erketu, Tastavinsaurus, Nigersaurus, or Dongbeititan...

Life's Time Capsule: The Anomalocaridid Gallery ART Evolved 2009

Accurate mass estimates generally agree that they were on the order of 80-90 tons, but Royo-Torres et al. (2006), the describers of Turiasaurus, put this animal at half this.

Archive 2007-01-01 Darren Naish 2007

Accurate mass estimates generally agree that they were on the order of 80-90 tons, but Royo-Torres et al. (2006), the describers of Turiasaurus, put this animal at half this.

Biggest…. sauropod…. ever (part…. I) Darren Naish 2007

While you might have heard of Supersaurus, Seimosaurus or Argentinosaurus – and perhaps even Turiasaurus and Paralititan – have you heard of … Amphicoelias fragillimus?

Archive 2007-01-01 Darren Naish 2007

It now turns out that these teeth are similar to those of Turiasaurus, which raises the interesting possibility that they are further representatives of this newly-recognised group.

Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006

Turiasaurus has a humerus about 1.8 m long and an estimated weight of over 40 tons.

Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006