Showing posts with label not actually an archosaur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label not actually an archosaur. Show all posts
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Just how big was that animal? Part 2: Hainosaurus
Again with the organisms whose sizes were formerly overestimated -- early estimates put Hainosaurus as high as 17 meters long. It's now been downscaled to 12.2 meters.
However, as the picture shows (12-meter Hainosaurus compared to 1.75-meter human) that's still very big.
Reference: Lindgren, Johan. The first record of Hainosaurus (Reptilia: Mosasauridae) from Sweden. Journal of Paleontology 2005 79: 1157-1165
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