Argyrosaurus
Argyrosaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Argentina. It was a titanosaur, a group of sauropods known for their enormous size. This dinosaur is known from a single left forelimb, but that arm was already huge!13
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
E ne e phahame hakae?
kakanyo
E ne e le boima hakae?
telele jwaloka dikoloi tse 6 tse pakilweng ka mola๐telele jwaloka dibanana tse 160 di behilwe ka mola๐boima jwaloka mahapu a 10000๐boima jwaloka ditlelase tse feletseng tse 64 tsa bana ba sekolo๐ปโโ๏ธboima jwaloka dibere tse tshweu tse 110๐ขe phahame hoo e ka nyarelang ka fensetere mokatong wa 3๐e ne e ka matha dimitara tse 100 ka metsotswana e 33 (motho ya lebelo ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)Argyrosaurus e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ho browser ya hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E ne e le lebelo hakae?
Dintlha tse monate
The only sure fossil of Argyrosaurus is a huge left forelimb, including the upper arm bone, two lower arm bones, and all five hand bones.1
When the forelimb was found, the rest of the skeleton was there too, but it was completely destroyed during digging.1
Many other fossils were later thought to belong to Argyrosaurus, but scientists now think most of them are from different titanosaurs.1
One of those misidentified fossils was even given its own new name: Elaltitan lilloi.2
Argyrosaurus lived about 70 million years ago, near the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1
The name Argyrosaurus means 'silver lizard' because it was found in Argentina, which means 'silver land'.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Argyrosaurus
?How big was Argyrosaurus?
Estimates vary a lot. One estimate says about 17 metres long and 12 tonnes, while another says up to 28 metres and about 43.5 to 50.8 tonnes. A more recent estimate is 21 metres and 26 tonnes.1
?What did Argyrosaurus eat?
It was a plant-eater, like other sauropods. Its teeth and jaws are not known, but its relatives were herbivores, so it likely ate ferns, conifers, and other plants.1
?When did Argyrosaurus live?
It lived about 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period, near the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1
?Why is Argyrosaurus called 'silver lizard'?
The name means 'silver lizard' because it was found in Argentina, which literally means 'silver land'.1
Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Many fossils from Argentina and Uruguay were once called Argyrosaurus.
Nnete: Scientists now think only the original forelimb definitely belongs to Argyrosaurus. The other fossils are probably different dinosaurs.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Argyrosaurus
- E rehilwe ke
- Lydekker 18933
- Sehlopha
- Melala e melelele
- Lelapa / leloko
- Titanosauria3
- Tlhophiso
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 84 ho isa ho 66 (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Lago Colhuรฉ Huapi3
- Dinaha
- Argentina3
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 ho The Paleobiology Database3
- Ho sibollwa
- Argyrosaurus was named by Richard Lydekker in 1893, based on a huge left forelimb found in Chubut Province, Argentina.13
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Argyrosaurus is related to other titanosaurs. It might have had wrist bones, which most titanosaurs lacked, suggesting it was a more primitive member of the group.2
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Argyrosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- A reappraisal of the Late Cretaceous Argentinean sauropod dinosaur Argyrosaurus superbus, with a description of a new titanosaur genus (ri.conicet.gov.ar)
- Argyrosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
Ntlha e nngwe le e nngwe leqepheng lena e na le nomoro e supang mohlodi wa yona. Haeba re fositse ho hong, re kopa tshwarelo, re balatedi ba didinosaure, ha re koranta ya saense. Re bolelle ho [email protected] mme re tla e lokisa.
Rex o lapile! Dino Wiki ke projeke ya ntate bakeng sa mora wa hae ya ratang didinosaure, ke mahala, ha ho dipapatso, ha ho disebedi. Batho ba baholo ba ka fepa Rex seneke ho thusa hore e dule e le inthaneteng.Fepa Rex