For a long time, it was the largest known dinosaur, until other larger species fossils were discovered and identified. D. longus , the type species, was about 80-85 feet long and weighed 10-11 tons or 20,000 to 22,000 lbs. or more, although reports vary or get confused with the two other species.
The biggest and the baddest among meat-eating dinosaurs, Spinosaurus may have also been the first dinosaur to take to the water, swimming in North Africa's rivers some 97 million years ago
The newly identified titanosaur was so immense — 69 tons (62 metric tons), which is equivalent to the weight of nearly one dozen Asian elephants — that it has claimed the title as the largest
Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth. These magnificent marine mammals rule the oceans at up to 100 feet long and upwards of 200 tons. Their tongues alone can By. Bob Strauss. Updated on April 25, 2019. Not only was Megalodon the biggest prehistoric shark that ever lived; it was the largest marine predator in the history of the planet, vastly outweighing both the modern Great White Shark and ancient reptiles like Liopleurodon and Kronosaurus. Below you'll find 10 fascinating facts about Megalodon. 01. Titanosaurs (or titanosaurians; members of the group Titanosauria) were a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs, including genera from all seven continents.The titanosaurs were the last surviving group of long-necked sauropods, with taxa still thriving at the time of the extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous.This group includes some of the largest land animals known to have ever existed The most complete massive dinosaur ever discovered at some 115 feet (37 meters) from nose to tail, the Patagotitan mayorum could have weighed up to 60 or 70 tonnes in life. The titanosaur willEdmontosaurus (/ ɛ d ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s / ed-MON-tə-SOR-əs) (meaning "lizard from Edmonton"), often colloquially and historically known as Anatosaurus or Anatotitan (meaning "duck lizard" and "giant duck"), is a genus of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur.It contains two known species: Edmontosaurus regalis and Edmontosaurus annectens. Fossils of E. regalis have been found in
February 25, 2016. An artist's rendering of Chicxulub, the asteroid believed to have wiped out large dinosaurs and reshaped parts of the world. Elenarts/iStock. More than 65 million years ago, a.