What are the limits of terrestrial animal size, and did sauropod dinosaurs reach those limits? was the biggest land animal ever? While it was likely a sauropod dinosaur, is there a way to determine how big it was? This video combines months of research and assistance from sauropod paleontologists and biophysicists to calculate the size limits of sauropod dinosaurs, the biggest land animals in the history of the world. The biggest living thing, when it comes to land animals, would have been a sauropod dinosaur as big as a whale. Giant sauropods like Patagotitan, Argentinosaurus, Brachiosaurus, and the lost giants Fangorn and Maraapunisaurus are analyzed. Thank you to Arianna Harrington, Brian Curtice, Ray Wilhite, Mike Taylor, Matt Wedel, Brooks Britt, Rod Scheetz, Carrie Leavitt-Bussian, and Justin McKee for helping out with this months-long project. The SV-POW post that prompted it all: https://svpow.com/2023/02/06/the-ludicrous-sizes-of-world-record-individuals/ Wilson, I. & Wilson, B. 2024. The Megasauropods: Using Intraquarry Size Variation and Histological Analogs to Predict Maximum Sauropod Body Sizes. Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research 2024 Program. Utah Valley University. Supplementary Information Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1zWYCsKBVNw6ljhdA_pWbCvD3_P2gG7-g Background Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik Thumbnail art by Nobu Tamura Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/zimpzon/meditation License code: XSY4C83POJ84NMSH Join this channel to get access to perks: null