Talk:Argentinosaurus

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[edit] Gravityless image is pure fantasy!

I contest the included picture in the article. Is there any solid proof these argentosaruide giants could roam dry lands like biological versions of the AT-AT imperial walker? Common mechanical wisdom suggests a 100+ tons body would collapse the legs under its own weight! The fact that their nose openings were on top of the head indicates they lived in waters and their body was always submerged to support the vast weight with buoyancy. Only the top of their heads were above water ever. 81.0.79.88 21:59, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Water pressure would have crushed their lungs. Sauropods instead appear to have preferred drier areas, where their large digestive systems would have been an advantage for dealing with low-quality food. J. Spencer 22:14, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Plus "common mechanical wisdom" is generally bollocks. -- John.Conway 20:35, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Questionable statement

"(...) after all of its more familiar Laurasian Jurassic kin — like Apatosaurus — had long disappeared"

What is this supposed to mean? Did sauropods go extinct in Laurasia at the start of the Cretaceous? Why Apatosaurus, given that it's not closely related? I think the sentence is misleading at best. -- John.Conway 20:41, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Agree. Titanosaurs survived in Laurasia into the LK. Maybe something more along the lines of "after the diplodocid sauropods had gone extinct", or simply remove it as irrelevent. Dinoguy2 02:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aquatic???

Arigintinasaurus aquatic??? you have to be kidding! Everyone knows that was imposssible! Either you are someone who was somehow transported through time from the 1930s or you are a creationist. mechanical knowledge says ortherwise. T.Neo 12:33, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

What are you talking about? There is no implication in the article that it might have been aquatic? Circeus 00:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

I think, he was refering to the anonymous comment on this page above ("gravityless ..."). ArthurWeasley 05:44, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I was refering to the comment above on that page. The idea that sauropods were aquatic is outdated. "Common mechanical knowledge" actually points otherwise. At that depth the lungs would have collapsed. and the sauropds couldn't lift their necks into a vertical position.T.Neo 11:35, 21 August 2007 (UTC)