Argentinosaurus vs Nigersaurus

Argentinosaurus と Nigersaurus のサイズ、食性、分類、地質時代、発見の歴史を詳しく並べて比較します。

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属性	Argentinosaurus	Nigersaurus
学名	Argentinosaurus huinculensis	Nigersaurus taqueti
分類	Sauropoda	Sauropoda
時代	Cretaceous Late	Cretaceous Early
食性	Herbivore	Herbivore
全長	35.0 m	9.0 m
体重	12.0 m	2.0 m
体重	70.0 t	4.0 t
発見年	1993	1999
発見場所	Neuquen Province, Argentina	Elrhaz Formation, Niger
命名者	Jose Bonaparte & Rodolfo Coria	Paul Sereno et al.

Argentinosaurus 35.0 m

as long as 3 school buses

Nigersaurus 9.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Argentinosaurus 70.0 t

heavier than 12 African elephants

Nigersaurus 4.0 t

comparable to 4.0 small cars

Argentinosaurus

100.5 百万年前 Cretaceous Late (Mesozoic) 66.0 百万年前

Nigersaurus

145.0 百万年前 Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 百万年前

Herbivore

Argentinosaurus はシダ、針葉樹、ソテツなどの植物を食べる草食恐竜でした。

Herbivore

Nigersaurus はシダ、針葉樹、ソテツなどの植物を食べる草食恐竜でした。

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Argentinosaurus was about 3.9x longer than Nigersaurus.

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Argentinosaurus weighed roughly 18x more than Nigersaurus.

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Both Argentinosaurus and Nigersaurus were herbivores.

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Argentinosaurus lived during the Cretaceous Late while Nigersaurus lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 79 million years.

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Argentinosaurus was discovered 6 years earlier, in 1993.

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Both belong to the Sauropoda clade, making them relatively close relatives.

Argentinosaurus huinculensis

35.0m long, 12.0m tall, 70.0t · Cretaceous Late

Nigersaurus taqueti

9.0m long, 2.0m tall, 4.0t · Cretaceous Early

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