Prehistoric Life

Tanystropheus hydroides: che lunghezza aveva?

Tanystropheus hydroides (esemplare adulto): la lunghezza totale era di circa 6 m (20 ft).

Cosa viene misurato: Adult, total body length

Tanystropheus hydroides (6 m) in scala accanto a a doorway (2 m) e a 20-foot shipping container (6,06 m)
In scala, da sinistra a destra: Doorway (2 m), Tanystropheus hydroides (6 m) e Shipping container (20 ft) (6,06 m).

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Ma quanto è grande, davvero?

  • About the same length as a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 2 would fit end to end along a city bus
  • About 3 would fit end to end along a tennis court
  • About 8 would fit end to end along an Olympic swimming pool
  • About 3× the height of a doorway

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Curiosità: Tanystropheus hydroides

Tanystropheus had an extraordinarily elongated neck containing thirteen vertebrae, more than twice the number in humans.

Fonte: University of Zurich, “Tanystropheus”; Science, “A new look at the long-necked reptile Tanystropheus”

Prehistoric Life

NomeDimensioneRispetto a: Tanystropheus hydroides
Iguanodon bernissartensis5 m (16 ft)0,83×
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus5 m (16 ft)0,83×
Paraceratherium transouralicum5,5 m (18 ft)0,92×
Ceratosaurus nasicornis6 m (20 ft)delle stesse dimensioni
Tanystropheus hydroides6 m (20 ft)questa pagina
Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis6 m (20 ft)delle stesse dimensioni
Euoplocephalus tutus6 m (20 ft)delle stesse dimensioni
Pteranodon7 m (23 ft)1,2×
Argentavis magnificens7 m (23 ft)1,2×
Megalania prisca7 m (23 ft)1,2×

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Qual è più grande: Tanystropheus hydroides o Iguanodon bernissartensis?

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