What was the biggest dinosaur and how big was it?”
Sauroposeidon was a sauropod from the Early Cretaceous Period, related to the more famous Brachiosaurus. The only specimen to date is represented by four neck vertebrae. It was the tallest dinosaur known, estimated at 18 m (60 ft).it grew upto 30m in length. The press release in 1999 immediately garnered international media attention, which led to many (inaccurate) news reports of “the largest dinosaur ever!”. While it is true that Sauroposeidon is probably the tallest known dinosaur, it is neither the longest nor the most massive. Supersaurus and Argentinosaurus are better candidates for the title “World’s Largest Dinosaur”, though weak fossil evidence makes an exact ranking impossible. The Sauroposeidon find was composed of four articulated, mid-cervical vertebrae (numbers 5 to 8), with the cervical ribs in place. The vertebrae are extremely elongated, with the largest one about 1.2 meters (4 feet) long, which makes it the longest on record. Examination of the bones revealed that the
