Argentinosaurus is one of the largest land animals ever discovered. ScaleCheck uses a 35 m, 70-tonne reconstruction to make its enormous but incomplete fossil record visible.
Length
about 35 m long
Height
roughly 8 m through the high back and neck base
Mass
about 70 tonnes
When
Late Cretaceous - about 90 million years ago
Life restoration of the giant sauropod Argentinosaurus
All bars share one linear metre scale. Human height and animal body length use different orientations, noted on each detail page.
Interactive true-scale view
Argentinosaurus beside a 1.7 m human
The shared ground plane keeps 35 m and the human reference on one metre scale. Detailed models load progressively; labeled wireframes preserve scale where a model is pending.
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Argentinosaurus35 mDetailed 3D model
Human1.7 mDetailed 3D model
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Its length spans about 20.6 reference-human heights - or a little more than three 11 m city buses placed nose to tail.
More than one number
Length, height and body mass
The dinosaur may be a little longer than the 33 m blue whale shown here, yet the whale's water-supported body carries far more mass.
Display length
35 m
Display height
8 m
Display mass
70 t
Evidence boundary
How certain is this size?
Only fragmentary vertebrae, ribs and limb material are known. Body proportions and especially mass vary between reconstructions, so the displayed values are a reasoned midpoint, not a tape measurement.
Why compare it
The question this animal answers
Argentinosaurus turns the phrase 'largest land animal' into a physical constraint: four pillar-like limbs supported a body that would outweigh hundreds of people.
