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Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, a paleontologist at Drexel University, stands between two dorsal vertebrae (mid-back bones) of Dreadnoughtus schrani as he talks about the large sauropod. Dreadnoughtus, which means "fears nothing," was discovered in Argentina by Lacovara.
Charles Fox, Philadelphia Inquirer
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, a paleontologist at Drexel University, stands between two dorsal vertebrae (mid-back bones) of Dreadnoughtus schrani as he talks about the large sauropod. Dreadnoughtus, which means “fears nothing,” was discovered in Argentina by Lacovara.
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The Dreadnoughtus dinosaur was an herbivore that likely spent much of its life eating massive quantities of plants to maintain its enormous body size. The Dreadnoughtus was discovered in the Patagonia region of Argentina in 2005. The dinosaur seems to be one of the largest land animals that ever roamed the earth. It weighed about 65 tons, was about 26 meters long from nose to tail and about ten meters high, according to a report in the journal Scientific Reports on Sep. 4, 2014.