Dreadnoughtus schrani

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macronarian dinosaur sauropod titanosaur titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur

Dreadnoughtus schrani is a gigantic titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from Late Cretaceous Patagonia, notable for being one of the most completely known of the largest land animals that ever lived.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dreadnoughtus 3
Dreadnoughtus schrani canonical 1
generic name Dreadnoughtus means "fears nothing" 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf macronarian dinosaur ⓘ
sauropod ⓘ
titanosaur ⓘ
titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur ⓘ
age Campanian ⓘ
bodyMassEstimate about 59 metric tons ⓘ
approximately 30–40 metric tons (revised lower estimates) ⓘ
clade Dinosauria ⓘ
Neosauropoda ⓘ
Saurischia ⓘ
Sauropoda ⓘ
Neosauropoda ⓘ
surface form: Titanosauriformes
class Reptilia ⓘ
countryFossilFound Argentina ⓘ
describedBy Kenneth J. Lacovara ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
discoveredBy Kenneth J. Lacovara ⓘ
discoveryYear 2005 ⓘ
environment floodplain ecosystem ⓘ
etymology Dreadnoughtus schrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: generic name Dreadnoughtus means "fears nothing"
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
family Titanosauria ⓘ
formation Cerro Fortaleza Formation ⓘ
fossilCompleteness approximately 70 percent of the postcranial skeleton preserved ⓘ
fossilMaterial caudal vertebrae ⓘ
cervical vertebrae ⓘ
dorsal vertebrae ⓘ
forelimb bones ⓘ
hindlimb bones ⓘ
pectoral girdle elements ⓘ
pelvic girdle elements ⓘ
genus Dreadnoughtus schrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dreadnoughtus
holotypeRepository Drexel University ⓘ
holotypeSpecimenNumber MPM-PV 1156 ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lengthEstimate about 26 meters ⓘ
livedIn Patagonia ⓘ
South America ⓘ
locomotion quadrupedal ⓘ
nameHonors American entrepreneur Adam Schran ⓘ
notableFor being among the largest known terrestrial animals ⓘ
being one of the most completely known giant titanosaurs ⓘ
order Sauropodomorpha ⓘ
parentTaxon Dreadnoughtus schrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dreadnoughtus
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
timePeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
yearDescribed 2014 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patagotitan mayorum → comparedWith → Dreadnoughtus schrani ⓘ
Titanosauria → notableMemberTaxon → Dreadnoughtus schrani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dreadnoughtus
Dreadnoughtus schrani → parentTaxon → Dreadnoughtus schrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dreadnoughtus
Dreadnoughtus schrani → genus → Dreadnoughtus schrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dreadnoughtus
Dreadnoughtus schrani → etymology → Dreadnoughtus schrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: generic name Dreadnoughtus means "fears nothing"