Sauroposeidon proteles by Dinoraul

Vue • Animals • posted on Jan 10, 2010

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Description

Sauroposeidon (meaning "earthquake god lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur, remains were found in the southwestern portion of the US state of Oklahoma. It lived in Early Cretaceous, a period when the sauropods of North America had diminished in both size and numbers, making it the last known giant dinosaur on the continent. While the fossils were discovered in 1994, due to their unexpected age and unusual size they were initially misclassified as pieces of petrified wood. Sauroposeidon lived on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, in a river delta. Like other brachiosaurids, Sauroposeidon was a quadrupedal herbivore Extrapolations based on its more completely known relative Brachiosaurus indicate that the head of Sauroposeidon could reach 17 m (56 ft) in height with its neck extended, making it the tallest known dinosaur. With an estimated length of up to 34 m (110 ft) and a mass of 50–60 t (55–66 short tons), it also ranks among the longest and heaviest.

Comments (8)

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Hubert

3:49AM | Sun, 10 January 2010

Great dino scene!

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axolotl2

6:41AM | Sun, 10 January 2010

That´s great again ! I´m impressed by your knowledge and accuracy .

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mapps

10:18AM | Sun, 10 January 2010

very cool, love the mist effect :-)

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scifibabe

9:57PM | Sun, 10 January 2010

Oh this is really good. Love the feeling of height here. Great pov and sense of distance. Really great writeup too.

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Forevernyt

9:19AM | Mon, 11 January 2010

Someone's been working overtime on the dinos! Much to our delight! Great looking model.

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mikeerson

11:01PM | Thu, 14 January 2010

I'm about a week behind on commenting.... so, I gotta ask, Has anyone (other than me) commented or noticed your avatar??? - I mean, your face looks good, you're a good looking man, but it looks like you're coming out of the dino's other end - as if you a being born - lol ...That's how I see it, maybe that's why nobody has said anything? OR... maybe they just don't pay attention.

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