Posted on 09/28/2018 7:36:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
)If humans had lived 200 million years ago, they would have marveled at the largest dinosaur of its time. It's name means "a giant thunderclap at dawn." The recently discovered fossil of a new dinosaur species in South Africa revealed a relative of the brontosaurus that weighed 26,000 pounds, about double the size of a large African elephant.
The researchers have named it Ledumahadi mafube, which is Sesotho for "a giant thunderclap at dawn." Sesotho is an official South African language indigenous to the part of the country where the dinosaur was found.
"The name reflects the great size of the animal as well as the fact that its lineage appeared at the origins of sauropod dinosaurs," said Jonah Choiniere, study author and paleontology professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. "It honors both the recent and ancient heritage of southern Africa." Apart from its massive size, there are other evolutionary details about the new species that make it entirely unique, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology. "It shows us that even as far back as 200 million years ago, these animals had already become the largest vertebrates to ever walk the Earth," Choiniere said.
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“Ledumahadi mafube”
Named him after a potentate?
The title is a bit misleading. This dinosaur was the largest at the time of its existence not even close to all time heaviest. This creature walked around during the late Triassic/early Jurassic when dinosaurs started to get going.
Man, he had to be eating a million-plus calories every single day....to keep his ‘build’ up.
Trees were taller then..................
So out of 11 bone fragments, they can conjure up the size, age and image of a previously unseen animal.
Sure takes a lot of faith to believe that stuff.
Kinda like the complete human ancestor they can describe from a single toothy jaw fragment..................
Like the Megalodon, all they have is teeth.
Rosieodonnelsaurus
Michael Moore’s ancestor?
Michael Moore’s ancestor’s lunch.............
Thanks, “twice the size of a large elephant” didn’t sound that impressive, now I know why.
Ha ha!
Probably had to fight Rosie O’Donnell’s ancestor for the body!
Is the little Dino:
1) Kissing A$$ ?
2) Checking for hemorrhoids ?
3) Making a lucky exit from the big Dino's digestive tract ?
4) The original Brown Noser ?
5) Just passing by ?
6) Selling Dinoscout Cookies ?
Proctologysaurus............
“The researchers have named it Ledumahadi mafube, which is Sesotho for “a giant thunderclap at dawn.” Sesotho is an official South African language indigenous to the part of the country where the dinosaur was found.
“The name reflects the great size of the animal....”
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So does BFD, and that’s lots easier to remember. Kind of like SpaceX’s BFR.
huh only 13 tonnes ???
I recall many of the brontosaur types (ie Brachiosaurus) weighed WELL over that (even if its 26000 kilograms)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus
What do you mean? Can’t you tell something has neck flaps from a few ribs and thigh bones?
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