Dino "Mummy" (not quite) sheds new light on skin

While not really a mummy, the sample does have mineralized skin over several section of the body. This may help give us clues about how the creature moved, more on what they looked like, even some hints about its environment. The hydrosaur was discovered in North Dakota. Source

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Maybe a little. A Right Whale can grow to about 60 feet long but can weigh in at around 100 tons. Brody's run about 45 feet long and weigh in at around 25 to 30 tons. We will need to see if that gets revised.Edited by jar, : No reason given.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

A fumble finger. Bryde's.Sorry but fat fingers strike again.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Sure. I have no argument there. As I said above, lets wait and see if it gets revised.But we have few 35 foot long critters these days. If we take something like an elephant, this sucker would be the size of something more than four to six elephants and likely somewhat taller as well. An elephant can weight 4 tons. So something in the 16 - 24 ton range may not be out of line.But we will learn more as the sample is studied.Edited by jar, : add elefants

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Sure. Reasonable. We are dealing with herbivore versus carnivore and as pointed out above, we are early in the process of examining the sample.Personally, I wish the folk writing articles stuck with what they really know, but then I didn't write the article.Who knows, maybe what the author heard was the folk talking about the weight of the sample itself. Maybe even including the plaster cast.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Exactly, but speaking of salt ...

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion