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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Argentinosaurus Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Argentinosaurus means "Argentina lizard" Pronounced - ahr-gen-TEEN-oh-SAWR-us Named By - Rodolpho Coria and Jose F. Bonaparte When Named - 1993 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 130-140 feet (40-42 m) long Height - ? Weight - 80-100 tonnes |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Middle Cretaceous period, about 100-93 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in the Rio Limay Formation, Neuquen Group, Neuquen Province, Argentina, South America. |
| FOSSILS: | Only a few bones have been found, including some enormous back vertebrae (backbones), sacrum (the part of the backbone that is attached to the pelvis), a tibia (a lower leg bone), and some broken ribs. Fossils were first found in 1988. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Argentinosaurus may be the largest dinosaur. It had a long neck, a long tail, and a small head. Very little is known about this giant dinosaur. |
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