[dinosaur] Width of Maarapunisaurus torso

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Subject: [dinosaur] Width of Maarapunisaurus torso

From: Poekilopleuron <dinosaurtom2015@seznam.cz>

Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:48:36 +0200 (CEST)

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I was just wondering - given that giant CopeÂs vertebra was real (and its size was not exaggerated) - how wide and tall would a trunk of _Maarapunisaurus fragillimus_ be? Was it something like 5 or even more meters? Molina-Perez and Larramendi are giving _Argentinosaurus huinculensis_ a maximum width of its trunk at 4 meters, so I guess giant Jurassic rebbachisaurid could be even "wider". There was also an overestimate (?) for _Puertasaurus reuili_ at jaw-dropping five to eight meters (based on its vertebra 1.68 m wide), but I guess that would be way too much? Thank you for your thoughts! Tom