Bruhathkayosaurus

Lived in what is now known as India
As long as the Chicago Water Tower is high
Weighed as much as 20 elephants
Its name means “huge-bodied lizard”
Was an herbivore

About Bruhathkayosaurus

Bruhathkayosaurus is a dinosaur that has some controversy surrounding it. Its remains were discovered in the late 1980s in India and some paleontologists believe it is the largest dinosaur that ever walked the Earth. However, some paleontologists don’t believe that the “bones” that were found were actually bones. They think they may actually be pieces of petrified wood!

Some interesting facts about Bruhathkayosaurus include the fact that its tibia (leg bone) is 30 percent bigger than Argentinosaurus and if that measurement is true, then this dinosaur could have been as long as 150 feet. That means that if it is a titanosaur, then it could have been the biggest dinosaur ever! Unfortunately, there are some doubts about whether this is the case or not.

The problem arises from the fact that researchers who discovered the bones didn’t document it properly. For instance, they included line drawings of what this dinosaur looked like, but they didn’t include any actual Bruhathkayosaurus pictures. They also didn’t include any descriptions which could have been used as diagnostic characteristics to determine if this dinosaur was really a titanosaur. Which means there just isn’t enough data to determine if these dinosaurs were truly the biggest dinosaurs to walk the planet.

To complicate the matter even further, it appears that the original bones have been lost to monsoon flooding. If that’s true, then that means that the only evidence paleontologists have to go on are the original line drawings created by the researchers who found them. Whether or not this dinosaur existed or was as big as it initially appeared to be may never be known.

However, if the initial results are true, then this dinosaur could have been 150 feet long and weighed in excess of 200 short tons – or about 25 African elephants. That would have made this dinosaur a true sight to behold and a dinosaur that was capable of shaking the Earth beneath its feet as it walked.

If Bruhathkayosaurus existed, then it would have needed to have consumed massive quantities of food to stay alive. This is especially true if it had been warm-blooded. A warm-blooded Bruhathkayosaurus would have needed to eat at least 600 pounds of food a day just to survive.