Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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Alamosaurus is currently one of if not the largest Sauropod known from North America, so let's take a look at its history.

Sources/further information:

Books:

Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs, Second Edition – Gregory S. Paul (Page 235)

Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Sauropods and Other Dinosauriformes – Ruben Molina-Perez & Asier Larramendi (Pages 52-53, 62, 68, 103, 120, 129, 133, 147, 149, 157-161, 170, 205, 207, 231, 268)

Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia Volume One – Donald F. Glut (Pages 93-94)

The Complete Book of Dinosaurs – Dougal Dixon (Page 211)

Online sources used:

nps.gov/bibe/learn/nature/alamosaurus.htm

austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Dino_PDF.pdf

nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/alamosaurus.html

eartharchives.org/articles/remember-the-alamosaurus-america-s-armored-dinosaur-titan/index.html

prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/a/alamosaurus.html

encyklopedia.dinozaury.com/wiki/Alamosaurus

dinoanimals.com/dinosaurdatabase/alamosaurus-sanjuanensis

dinoanimals.com/dinosaurs/the-heaviest-dinosaurs-top-10

skeletaldrawing.com/home/2013/06/the-biggest-of-big.html?rq=alamosaurus

skeletaldrawing.com/home/2013/6/21/assessing-alamosaurus?rq=alamosaurus

psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2020/07/alamosaurus-facts.html

theplosblog.plos.org/2016/06/the-long-neck-of-alamosaurus-and-its-relationship-to-other-titanosaurs

svpow.com/2021/02/21/equatorial-minnesota-on-alamosaurus

svpow.com/2013/03/20/going-to-see-the-big-mounted-alamosaurus-next-week

svpow.com/2010/01/18/more-on-the-internal-structure-of-alamosaurus-vertebrae

svpow.com/2010/01/04/asps-for-alamosaurus

svpow.com/2018/03/09/bibe-45854-the-giant-alamosaurus-cervical-series-from-big-bend-texas

svpow.com/2009/09/02/how-big-was-alamosaurus

theropoda.blogspot.com/2011/12/t-rexs-clash-of-titans.html

deviantart.com/palaeozoologist/art/Alamosaurus-skeletal-344422788

equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2021/01/your-friends-titanosaurs-331-alamosaurus-new-mexico.html

equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2021/02/your-friends-titanosaurs-part-332-alamosaurus-utah.html

equatorialminnesota.blogspot.com/2021/02/your-friends-titanosaurs-part-333-alamosaurus-texas-mexico.html

dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Alamosaurus#In_the_Media

sauriangame.fandom.com/wiki/Alamosaurus#Behind_the_scenes

Videos:

youtu.be/OCMFbHFU7y8

youtu.be/vOmh77e-XS4

youtu.be/d_CxCHnZGYM

youtu.be/qnQGVcVShGU

youtu.be/VD4Fccpt-dg

Images used:

sauriangame.fandom.com/wiki/Alamosaurus?file=Rjpalmer_alamosaurus_002-663x1024.jpg

(Blogspot images were taken from the Equatorial Minnesota blog. See online sources for links to their respected posts)

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researchgate.net/figure/Partial-osteoderm-of-Alamosaurus-sanjuanensis-USNM-15560-from-the-latest-Cretaceous-of_fig1_272413111

(nps.gov article) nps.gov/bibe/learn/nature/images/dem-bones.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false&quality=78&format=webp

(Scott Hartman’s blog “Skeletal Drawing”) images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51bf1cd3e4b0a897bf54112b/1371655921545-H2AXVA3HFR042D4TLU2Y/Thunder+Lizards+4+blog.jpg?format=1500w

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