Re: [dinosaur] Tallest known sauropod

[Mike Taylor <sauropoda@gmail.com>]

Asiatosaurus is a very strange choice for Tallest Dinosaur. It's essentially unknown, and I don't think the name is generally considered valid at all.

To my mind, BY FAR the strongest candidate for the title of Tallest Dinosaur Barosaurus, based on the giant BYU specimen formerly referred to Supersaurus. To have your mind blown, see https://svpow.com/2016/09/16/how-horrifying-was-the-neck-of-barosaurus/

-- Mike.

On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 at 18:07, Poekilopleuron <dinosaurtom2015@seznam.cz> wrote:

Good day, in the new book by Molina-PÃrez and Larramendi on sauropodomorph dinosaurs, the authors suggest that the genus _Asiatosaurus_ was the tallest known dinosaur, reaching the height of 17.5 meters (more than _Sauroposeidon proteles_ and others). Is this based on teeth only, or did they estimate this value based on other skeletal elements of a Chinese species (I donÂt own this book yet)? Thank you in advance! Tom