A Dinosaur The Size of a Blue Whale? Bruhathkayosaurus matleyi

How big were dinosaurs? Were they bigger than blue whales? The biggest dinosaur may have been Bruhathkayosaurus matleyi, a huge titanosaur from India, according to a new study by Gregory S. Paul and Asier Larramendi. The two paleontologists analyzed dinosaur size limits to find out the answer to the question: how big were dinosaurs? When it comes to the comparison of “Dinosaurs vs blue whale” and “Dinosaurs vs mammals,” it can go either way. Blue whales are often cited as the biggest animals ever, but with this recent discovery about giant sauropods like Bruhathkayosaurus and Amphicoelias (now Maraapunisaurus) that may not be true. Dinosaurs the size of a blue whale could be more common than previously thought, with multiple sauropod species weighing well over 100 tonnes. But was it really possible that there were dinosaurs the size of a blue whale? Find out here on The Vividen!

Paul & Larramendi 2023: https://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/let.56.2.5

Pal & Ayyasami 2022: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gto.12390

Bruhathkayosaurus art in thumbnail by Ansh Saxena

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