THE GREAT MORE: ARGENTINOSAURUS

This dinosaurio of the group of the Titanosaura, is saurópodo more gigantic well-known, nonsingle of our continent but of the world. The vertebrae of the Argentinosaurus huinculensis, that have anatomical characteristics basically similar to the one of other titanosaurios, measure between 1.40 and 1.60 meters of height, only measuring the neck around 12 meters. Esteem that the Argentinosaurus had a length of about 40 meters and its weight surpassed the 100 tons. The enormous vertebrae of one of the greatest dinosaurios of the world, the Argentinosaurus huinculensis, occupy almost one room of the Museum ` Carmen Funes'. The materials of Argentinosaurus were extracted in 1989, by a paleontological commission integrated by this Museum, the Museum of Cipolletti, the National University of the Comahue and the equipment of excavation of YPF of Huincul Seat. Their rest were studied by Bonaparte and Coria, that published their description in 1993. Recently were other rest, that they allowed to reconstruct it more accurately. The material is deposited in the Museum "Carmen Funes" of Huincul Seat. Antiquity: Superior Cretácico, between 70 and 100 million years.