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Published: 2016-02-03 23:02:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 2227; Favourites: 87; Downloads: 13
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Description
Updated 27 01 2022
A flock of Quetzalcoatlus are panicked by the arrival of an Alamosaurus, Late Cretaceous, Texas.
Alamosaurus
Species: A, Sanjuanensis.
Meaning of name: Lizard from the Ojo Alamo Sandstone.
Classification: Sauropoda, Macronaria, Titanosauria.
Time: Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous.
Distribution: New Mexico, Utah, & Texas, USA.
Length: 21m
Lifestyle: Browser.
Quetzalcoatlus.
Species: Q. northropi.
Meaning of name: From Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent of Aztec mythology,
Northrop aircraft.
Classification: Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Azhdarchidae.
North America, Late Cretaceous.
Wingspan: 11m.
Lifestyle: Hunter/scavenger?
These dimensions may be more applicable to the larger Arambourgiania philadelphiae.
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Comments: 26
I would travel back in time and live here if I could. Never go back to the future.
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It takes a special kind of gigantic to make Quetzalcoatlus look tiny. Fantastic job!
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Thanks I thought I might have overdone it, it’s hard to work out the perspective when you don’t take the photo, a friend took it near Summertown, California
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With many of our ancestors stuck to their feet!
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Beautiful as always Paleopeter!
Keep it up! Glad you could post something.
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You're welcome! How'd you know I wanted only the XSC and not the O? XD You a jedi or something?
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The forceps are strong in this midwife!
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Haven't you heard about the giant alamosaurus specimen? It may be as large as or even slightly larger than argentinosaurus.
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No, was it found in North America?
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Yeah, it's fragmentary, but it certainly shows it being a giant size. The minimum estimate is 50 tonnes, and some go as high as 120, though 80-90+ seems reasonable so far.
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Thanks L I will do more research
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Yeah, it's very fascinating. The largest specimen, a tibia from Mexico suggests a creature rivalling or most likely surpassing Argentinosaurus in mass, possibly by a significant margin.
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