Dreadnoughtus Schrani Is A New, Supermassive Dinosaur Species
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 10:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new supermassive dinosaur species with the most complete skeleton ever found of its type has been unveiled. Dreadnoughtus schrani was 85 feet long and weighed about 65 tons in life, making iy the largest land animal for which a body mass can be accurately calculated.Its skeleton is exceptionally complete, with over 70 percent of the bones, excluding the head, represented. Because all previously discovered supermassive dinosaurs are known only from relatively fragmentary remains, Dreadnoughtus offers an unprecedented window into the anatomy and biomechanics of the largest animals to ever walk the Earth. read more
