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> most likely not the largest What is/was, then?

• osxrand 13y ago
  Possibly the Bruhathkayosaurus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruhathkayosaurus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruhathkayosaurus
  • dfc 13y ago
    First sentence of article: Bruhathkayosaurus (/bruːˌhæθkeɪ.ɵˈsɔrəs/; meaning "huge bodied lizard") might have been the largest dinosaur that ever lived. The accuracy of this claim, however, has been mired in controversy and debate. All the estimates are based on Yadagiri and Ayyasami's 1989 paper, which announced the find.[1]
    • osxrand 13y ago
      Yup, that's why I used the word possibly. Part of the problem is the vagueness of the term largest. Heaviest? Longest? Most mass?
      • dfc 13y ago
        I think the important distinction is not the size term but the "confidence of existence" term: "Largest/heaviest/etc known animal..."