Didn't they continually grow through out their lives? If so, these
estimates are subject to age differences
On 01/23/2017 06:45 PM, John D'Angelo wrote:
> I would take any list of the largest sauropods with a grain of salt.
> Body mass estimates are extremely difficult to pin down, especially in a
> clade notorious for incomplete skeletons. Note also that different
> methods of estimating body mass can yield dramatically different mass
> estimates, as has happened in the case of Dreadnoughtus schrani.
> Volumetric estimates give it a body mass of roughly 20-40 tonnes,
> whereas scaling based on the size of its humerus and femur gives a much
> higher 60 tonnes. Comparing mass estimates found by these differing
> strategies is unwise, and I don't think Wikipedia has distinguished
> between strategies.
>
> Alamosaurus also deserves to go on the list, as material from an
> indivudual in the same size class as Puertasaurus is known (Fowler and
> Sullivan 2011, APP 56: 685-690)
> The giant Oklahoma Apatosaurus has not, to my knowledge, been assigned
> to A. ajax.
> I'm not sure how good the data for Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum is,
> either, as I don't know what data Greg Paul based his estimate on precisely.
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 7:56 AM Poekilopleuron
> <dinosaurtom2015@seznam.cz <mailto:dinosaurtom2015@seznam.cz>> wrote:
>
> Good day,
>
> I would like to ask, if the wikipedia table of largest/heaviest
> sauropods is currently valid and up-to-date (it doesn´t seem so)?
> Could it look like this perhaps? Thank you, Tom
>
> 1. Argentinosaurus huinculensis - 70 - 96 tonnes
>
> 2. Puertasaurus reuili - about the same
>
> 3. Unnamed Patagonian titanosaur - around 77 tonnes
>
> 4. "Antarctosaurus" giganteus - 40 - 80 tonnes
>
> 5. Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi - 45 - 75 tonnes
>
> 6. Apatosaurus ajax - 40 - 75 tonnes
>
> 7. Futalognkosaurus dukei - 50 - 70 tonnes
>
> 8. Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum - 50 - 65 tonnes
>
> 9. Sauroposeidon proteles - 50 - 60 tonnes
>
> 10. Dreadnoughtus schrani - 40 - 60 tonnes
>
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