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Seismosaurus

Seismosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Information
Phylum Chordata
Order Information
Superorder Dinosauria
Order Saurischia
Sub-order Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder Sauropoda
Genus Information
Genus Seismosaurus
Species Information
Species S. hallorum
Synonyms Diplodocus hallorum
Population statistics

Seismosaurus was a species of dinosaur found in New Mexico in 1979. Claimed to have been the largest dinosaur known at that time, it has since been eclipsed in size from other species found in Argentina. Current studies have Seismosaurus slightly smaller than its originally estimated weight of 30 tonnes and 150-foot length,[1] with further studies strongly indicating the animal may have actually been an older specimen of the species Diplodocus.[2]

References

  1. https://creation.com/how-did-dinosaurs-grow-so-big
  2. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whatever-happened-to-seismosaurus-78770907/?no-ist