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Prehistoric Life

How tall was Sauroposeidon proteles?

The largest recorded Sauroposeidon proteles stood about 18 m (59 ft) tall.

What is measured: adult, maximum estimated standing height

Sauroposeidon proteles (18 m) drawn to scale beside a city bus (12 m) and the Statue of Liberty (93 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: City bus (12 m), Sauroposeidon proteles (18 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 76% of the length of a tennis court
  • About 1.5× the length of a city bus
  • About 19% of the height of the Statue of Liberty
  • About 36% of the length of an Olympic swimming pool
  • About 9× as tall as a doorway

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Facts about Sauroposeidon proteles

Sauroposeidon is known from enormous neck vertebrae, each more than a meter long, and may have been among the tallest dinosaurs.

Source: University of Oklahoma — Sauroposeidon proteles; Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology — A gigantic new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma

Prehistoric Life

NameSizeCompared with Sauroposeidon proteles
Mapusaurus roseae12.2 m (40 ft)0.68×
Brachiosaurus altithorax13 m (43 ft)0.72×
Titanoboa cerrejonensis13 m (43 ft)0.72×
Livyatan melvillei13.5 m (44 ft)0.75×
Giraffatitan brancai13.5 m (44 ft)0.75×
Basilosaurus cetoides18 m (59 ft)same size
Sauroposeidon proteles18 m (59 ft)this page
Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis22 m (72 ft)1.2×
Apatosaurus louisae22 m (72 ft)1.2×
Dreadnoughtus schrani26 m (85 ft)1.4×

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Which is bigger: Sauroposeidon proteles or Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis?

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