| Ingentia Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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| An artist's illustration of Ingentia prima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Family: | †Lessemsauridae Apaldetti et al., 2018 |
| Genus: | †Ingentia |
| Type species | |
| †Ingentia prima Apaldetti, 2018 | |
| Referred species | |
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Ingentia (meaning: the first giant) is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur. Described in July 2018, it has completely changed palaeontologists' understanding of when gigantism in dinosaur species first evolved.[1][2][3]
The discovery of this genus, confirmed the thesis that the larger species of prosauropod dinosaurs have evolved in the early to the late Triassic.[4][5][6]
Description[]
The type species Ingetia prima; named by Apaldetti; 2018, the name meaning "the first to be huge" in Latin language. Ingentia estimated to grew up as much as nine tonnes in weight, making it the largest known prosauropod ever; and the biggest dinosaur in the entire Triassic period; three times bigger than the previous largest genus. Length estimates are between 26 to 33 feet (7.9 - 10 meters). The species had a herbivorous diet like all known species of sauropodomorphs; and it was, presumably, able to stand between its hind legs for a short period of time similar to its cousin genus, Plateosaurus.[7][8][9][10]
Ingentia prima lived during the late Triassic, from about 205 million to 210 million years ago, in what is now Argentina. Note its avian-like respiratory system that has cervical air sacs (green) and its lungs (brown).[11][12]
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0599-y
- ↑ https://www.conicet.gov.ar/scientists-find-a-giant-200-million-year-old-dinosaur-in-san-juan/
- ↑ https://www.science.org/content/article/fossil-first-giant-dinosaur-found-argentina
- ↑ https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2018/07/13/ingentia-prima-the-first-giant/
- ↑ https://www.dogonews.com/2018/8/13/meet-ingentia-prima-the-worlds-earliest-known-giant-dinosaur
- ↑ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/most-massive-dinosaurs-evolved-earlier-previously-thought--180969577/
- ↑ https://blog.everythingdinosaur.com/blog/_archives/2018/07/09/triassic-dinosaurs-just-got-a-lot-bigger.html
- ↑ https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/ingentia-prima-a-dinosaur-making-it-big-on-its-own-terms
- ↑ https://owlconnected.com/archives/ingentia-prima
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6fhlwQseXk
- ↑ https://owlconnected.com/archives/ingentia-prima
- ↑ https://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2018/08/ingentia-prehistoric-beast-of-week.html?m=1