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Amphicoelias Reborn!

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Yep, I was never satisfied with my first try at Amphicoelias f. So here it is, reborn with much more accurate Diplodocidae proportions. Still a monster at 60-70? meters, and perhaps 150-180 tons. Amphicoelias was possibly the largest animal ever to live. This scaling of Amphicoelias assumes that Carpenter's reconstruction of the only known vertebra is correct at 2.7 meters tall.  The centrum of this vertebra is slightly smaller than a scaled up Diplodocus, so the corresponding size would be a bit over 60 meters.  Then I added a slightly longer neck, as giant sauropods tend to stretch their necks faster than the rest of their bodies.  Recent work suggests Amphicoelias might have been a Rebbachisaurid, so these proportions may be inaccurate.

Also fun to note, that when rearing up, as most sauropods were probably capable of, Amphicoelias would be ~40 meters tall, or around the height of a water tower.... :)
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