Dreadnoughtus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur containing a single species, Dreadnoughtus schrani. D. schrani is known from two partial skeletons discovered in Upper Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian; approximately 76–70 Ma) rocks of the Cerro Fortaleza Formation in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is one of the largest terrestrial vertebrates known, with the immature type specimen measuring 26 metres (85 ft) in total body length and weighing 48–49 metric tons (53–54 short tons) (the greatest mass of any land animal that can be calculated with reasonable certainty). D. schrani is known from more complete skeletons than any other gigantic titanosaurian.
Drexel University paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara, who discovered the species, chose the name Dreadnoughtus, which means “fears nothing", stating “I think it’s time the herbivores get their due for being the toughest creatures in an environment."[1] Specifically, the name was inspired by the dreadnought, an extremely influential early 20th-century battleship type, known for revolutionarily outclassing (and thus supposedly never needing to fear) the smaller, weaker battleships that came before.[1]
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Dreadnoughtus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur containing a single species, Dreadnoughtus schrani. D. schrani is known from two partial skeletons...
Patagotitan represents a reversal to the condition in non-titanosauriforms. Dreadnoughtus, Puertasaurus, and other members of the Lognkosauria had short front...
Dread is a Dreadtrux — half Dreadnoughtus and half bucket-wheel excavator. Lil'Dread is a young Dreadtrux — half Dreadnoughtus and half bucket-wheel excavator...
Explorers Club, known for the discovery of the titanosaurian dinosaur Dreadnoughtus and his involvement in the discovery and naming of the giant sauropod...
greater than that of Dreadnoughtus (1.91 meters) and Futalognkosaurus (1.98 meters). Its ilium is similar in length to that of Dreadnoughtus whereas the width...
Maidment, Susannah C. R. (2015). "Downsizing a giant: re-evaluating Dreadnoughtus body mass". Biology Letters. 11 (6). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0215. eISSN 1744-957X...
saltasauroid from the North Patagonian Massif is the similarly aged Dreadnoughtus from Argentina's Cerro Fortaleza Formation. Titanomachya is a small...
mass. A 2015 study that estimated the mass of volumetric models of Dreadnoughtus, Apatosaurus, and Giraffatitan estimates CM 3018 at 21.8–38.2 t (21...
among scientists over the accurate number. For example, the titanosaur Dreadnoughtus was originally estimated to weigh 59.3 tonnes by the allometric scaling...
Jurassic Park film series, and depicts them in their natural habitats: Dreadnoughtus trudging through and around a lake, a Quetzalcoatlus and Pteranodons...
its habitat with other dinosaurs, including another large sauropod, Dreadnoughtus, in addition to other reptiles and fish. The holotype and only known...
2019. Moros also appears in the film itself, along with Dreadnoughtus, and Iguanodon. Dreadnoughtus appears several times, and is depicted through CGI. An...
it was the largest known titanosaur. Puertasaurus, Futalognkosaurus, Dreadnoughtus, Paralititan, "Antarctosaurus" giganteus, and Alamosaurus have all been...
that is 15 percent dimensionally larger and with similar mass to his Dreadnoughtus estimation of 31 tonnes (34 short tons). In 2020, Molina-Perez and Larramendi...
Formation aged between them. The giant titanosaurs Puertasaurus and Dreadnoughtus, the megaraptoran Orkoraptor, Austrocheirus isasii, and the ornithopod...
hatchable species. Two new variants for two species, Giganotosaurus and Dreadnoughtus, and six new skins (two for Tyrannosaurus, one for Dilophosaurus, and...
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