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The
chances that the known specimen of Argentinosaurus is the largest
individual that ever lived is vanishingly small: there are almost certainly
larger individuals out there in the fossil record. My suspicion is that we
are nearing the plateau of land animal size in Argentinosaurus, but
that there might well be taxa which are 25-50% larger still to be
found.
Thomas R. Holtz,
Jr.
Vertebrate
Paleontologist
Department of Geology
Director, Earth, Life & Time
Program
University of Maryland
College Park
Scholars
College Park, MD
20742
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/tholtz.htm
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/eltsite
Phone:
301-405-4084 Email: tholtz@geol.umd.edu
Fax
(Geol): 301-314-9661 Fax (CPS-ELT):
301-405-0796
I would like to know if you think that
Argentinosaurus reached the upper size limit for a terrestrial
animal or if you think that we can espect even bigger finds in the
future?
Jan Grönvik,
Sweden
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