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Prehistoric Life

Prototaxites: che altezza aveva?

Prototaxites (il più grande mai registrato): l’altezza era di circa 8 m (26 ft).

Cosa viene misurato: largest reconstructed organism, height

Prototaxites (8 m) in scala accanto a a 20-foot shipping container (6,06 m) e a city bus (12 m)
In scala, da sinistra a destra: Shipping container (20 ft) (6,06 m), Prototaxites (8 m) e City bus (12 m).

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Ma quanto è grande, davvero?

  • About 4× as tall as a doorway
  • About 1.3× the length of a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 4.7× as tall as an adult person
  • About 67% of the length of a city bus
  • About 34% of the length of a tennis court

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Curiosità: Prototaxites

Prototaxites formed towering trunk-like fossils in the Devonian, although scientists still debate whether it was a fungus or another kind of organism.

Fonte: Smithsonian Magazine, “The Giant Fungus That Once Ruled the Earth”; University of Chicago, “Prototaxites”

Prehistoric Life

NomeDimensioneRispetto a: Prototaxites
Pteranodon7 m (23 ft)0,88×
Argentavis magnificens7 m (23 ft)0,88×
Megalania prisca7 m (23 ft)0,88×
Helicoprion bessonowi7,6 m (25 ft)0,95×
Ankylosaurus magniventris8 m (26 ft)delle stesse dimensioni
Prototaxites8 m (26 ft)questa pagina
Nigersaurus taqueti9 m (30 ft)1,1×
Albertosaurus sarcophagus9 m (30 ft)1,1×
Parasaurolophus walkeri9,5 m (31 ft)1,2×
Allosaurus fragilis9,7 m (32 ft)1,2×

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