Argyrosaurus

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Argyrosaurus (is a genus of herbivorous titanosaurid dinosaur that lived about 90 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America (Argentina and Uruguay). It was one of the largest dinosaurs, having a length of up to 20-30 metres and a weight estimated as high as eighty tonnes. It was an herbivore. The type species, Argyrosaurus superbus, was formally described by Richard Lydekker in 1893. The genus name means 'silver lizard' from Greek argyros, 'silver', and sauros, 'lizard', because it was discovered in Argentina, which literally means 'silver land'. The specific epithet means "proud" in Latin.