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Argentinosaurus
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The largest land animal ever found, Argentinosaurus evolved in the Cretaceous Period and belongs to a family that originated in the southern continents of Gondwana (an ancient supercontinent).
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- Pronounced
- AR-gent-eeno-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- Argentina lizard
- Length
- 35m
- Height
- 6m - 8m
- Weight
- 70000kg
- Teeth
- teeth for grinding and chewing
- Diet
- herbivorous
- Food
- tough plant material
- How it moved
- on 4 legs
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(90 million years ago) - Found in
- Argentina
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Argentinosaurus
- Named by
- Bonaparte and Coria (1993)
- Type species
- huinculensis