288: Era Terra Argentinosaurus Review Part 2 (Plus Titanosaur Size!)

Here’s Part 2 at last. After our in-depth review of Era Terra’s incredible Argentinosaurus in Part 1, we now get to the comparisons. Plenty of delays just to decide what I had to throw out 😭 But for those who are really interested for more, here are some references below. #EraTerra #DinosDragons #Argentinosaurus #titanosauria #titanosaurids #sauropods #parasaurolophus #patagotitan #dinosaurs #dinosaurtoys #dinosaurmodels #prehistoric 𝗦𝗶𝘇𝗲 Mazzetta, G.V.; Christiansen, P.; Fariña, R.A. (2004). “Giants and bizarres: Body size of some southern South American Cretaceous dinosaurs“. Historical Biology. 16 (2–4): 71–83. Bibcode:. CiteSeerX . doi: S2CID 56028251 Paul, G.S. (2019). “Determining the largest known land animal: A critical comparison of differing methods for restoring the volume and mass of extinct animals“ (PDF). Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 85 (4): 335–358. doi: S2CID 210840060 Paul, Gregory S.; Larramendi, Asier (June 9, 2023). “Body mass estimate of Bruhathkayosaurus and other fragmentary sauropod remains suggest the largest land animals were about as big as the greatest whales“. Lethaia. 56 (2): 1–11. Bibcode:. doi: 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗿𝘂𝘀 Bonaparte, J.; Coria, R. (1993). “Un nuevo y gigantesco sauropodo titanosaurio de la Formacion Rio Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano) de la Provincia del Neuquen, Argentina“. Ameghiniana (in Spanish). 30 (3): 271–282. Salgado, L.; Powell, J.E. (2010). “Reassessment of the vertebral laminae in some South American titanosaurian sauropods“. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (6): 1760–1772. Bibcode:. doi: 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 Carballido, J.L.; Pol, D.; Otero, A.; Cerda, I.A.; Salgado, L.; Garrido, A.C.; Ramezani, J.; Cúneo, N.R.; Krause, J.M. (August 16, 2017). “A new giant titanosaur sheds light on body mass evolution among sauropod dinosaurs“. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284 (1860): 20171219. doi: Otero, Alejandro; Carballido, J.L.;& Pérez Moreno, A (2020) “The Appendicular Osteology of Patagotitan Mayorum (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)“, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40:4, DOI: 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 “𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼“ 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝘁 (𝗮𝘁)𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿.𝗽.𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼