Description: This is a fossilized egg fragment from a Titanosaur dinosaur, in a great display case. The fossil is from France. The egg piece is about 1/2" x 1/2". The fossil comes in a unique Titanosaur display case and includes a laminated information card. Also includes a Brachiosaurus sauropod dinosaur toy to display next to the fossil. The toy is about 4" long and 3 1/2" tall. This toy is not suitable for children under three years old. All fossils sold are authentic fossils. No replicas. TitanosaurTitanosaur, a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs classified in the clade Titanosauria, which lived from the Late Jurassic Epoch (163.5 million to 145 million years ago) to the end of the Cretaceous Period (145 million to 66 million years ago). Titanosaur fossils have been found on all continents except Antarctica and include some 40 species. The group contains the largest terrestrial animals known.Like other sauropods, titanosaurs were herbivorous quadrupeds with long tails, long necks, and small heads. They differed from other sauropods, however, in that the titanosaurs’ bodies were stockier and their limbs produced a wider stance than other sauropods. Titanosaurs also possessed vertebrae with a honeycomb-like internal structure and six sacral vertebrae, but they lacked the hyposphene-hypantrum joints (which connected one vertebra to another) in their dorsal vertebrae. In addition, some titanosaurs, such as Rapetosaurus and Saltasaurus, have been shown to have possessed osteoderms (armoured plates).Titanosaur size varied greatly. One of the smallest forms, Neuquensaurus, whose size was estimated from only a few bones, grew to a length of about 23 feet and a weight of approximately 11 tons. The most complete set of remains, however, belongs to Dreadnoughtus and includes approximately 70 percent of the dinosaur’s skeleton behind its head. The finding of such complete remains allowed paleontologists to make confident estimates of the dinosaur’s length and weight. Although other titanosaurs (such as Patagotitan and Argentinosaurus, whose weights have been estimated at 63.5 metric tons [70 tons] and 70 metric tons [77 tons], respectively) have been conjectured to have been larger than Dreadnoughtus, which was about 85 feet long and weighed 65 tons, Dreadnoughtus was the largest titanosaur whose size can be calculated accurately and was also the largest known land animal in Earth’s history. TI012
Price: 21.99 USD
Location: Davenport, Iowa
End Time: 2024-02-27T01:14:31.000Z
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