Skeletal reconstruction of the giant Argentine titanosaur <i>Argentinosaurus</i>. The holotype, MCF-PVPH 1,<sup id="cite_ref-Giants_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giants-1">[1]</a></sup> consists of six described dorsal vertebrae, another undescribed dorsal vertebra,<sup id="cite_ref-Salgado2010_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salgado2010-2">[2]</a></sup> five sacral vertebrae, an ilium, a pubis, and a fibula.<sup id="cite_ref-Giants_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giants-1">[1]</a></sup> The pubis was not figured, and only the dorsal vertebrae are figured in lateral view.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Two tentatively referred femora, the partial MLP-DP 16-VIII-21-3 and an unnumbered, crushed specimen, are also known.<sup id="cite_ref-Giants_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giants-1">[1]</a></sup> The pubis, ilium, sacrum, and fibula were drawn based on Carpenter's skeletal as well as <i>Patagotitan</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> Unfigured holotypic material is shown in light gray.
<p>Missing regions were restored after <i>Patagotitan</i> (overall proportions),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><i>Futalgonkosaurus</i> (missing hip bone outlines),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><i>Notocolossus</i> (feet),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> and <i>Tapuiasaurus</i> (skull).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> Measurements from Paul's review of giant titanosaurs were used to help with the scaling.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> The human silhouette is from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silhouette_of_man_standing_and_facing_forward.svg" title="File:Silhouette of man standing and facing forward.svg">File:Silhouette of man standing and facing forward.svg</a> (CC0). The total length of the sauropod is about 35 metres (115 ft) in this reconstruction, although this should be treated as tentative, as should any attempted reconstruction of this taxon, due to the fragmentary nature of the remains.
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