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06-17-2015, 10:11 AM( This post was last modified: 06-17-2015, 10:15 AM by GuateGojira )
(06-17-2015, 09:58 AM)'sanjay' Wrote: What do you think of Size and weight of Blue Whale when compared to Big sauropods ?
I think blue whale is still world largest creature (verified) living on earth from beginning of time
Well, the estimation of 120 tons of Amphicoelias is based in extrapolation of that single vertebrae that don't exist, apart from the draw, and in the case of Spinosaurus, we learned that draws can be very inaccurate in some cases. The weight of 150 ton for Bruhatkayosaurus is based in.... nothing!, and sadly the original fossil, which was never taken from the ground, was destroyed in a big rain, this and the fact that the terrible draws present in the document where it was published don't show the real bones, sign the dead of this dinosaur, and its existence per se was never corroborated.
For the other giant sauropods like Puertasaurus or Argentinosaurus, weights of 100 tons or less and lengths of about 30 meters has been proposed and I think that anything beyond that is not plausible. In this case, the blue whale, which has been recorded at 170-190 tons and up to 33 meters, is the true largest animal of all times, and one of the most beautiful, by the way.