Daily Dino Fact: Dinosaur life spans still a mystery
Apatosaurus was supposedly the longest living dinosaur
Q: Which dino had the longest life? - NARUTO_KAKASHI
A: It is very difficult to determine the life span of any dinosaur. Many complications are involved in trying to estimate how long dinosaurs lived. For example, some dinosaurs grew at extremely rapid rates. Hadrosaurs could gain literally tons of weight over a dozen years. Other dinosaurs grew at slower rates. When looking at the fossil record, complications and estimates like this make judging their life spans incredibly difficult.
For the sake of answering your question though, some estimates have apatosaurus having the longest life span at 100 years. The apatosaurus is what used to be referred to as brontosaurus, but paleontologists do not use that term anymore.
-Rex
July 26th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
“some estimates have apatosaurus having the longest life span at 100 years.”(Quote)
O_O :O Kidding? I know its an estimate but heck! i thought they only live like 30 or maybe 40 years. :S
Thanks for trying though! ^_^
July 26th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Pretty cool facts!
July 26th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
That is very cool I never knew that!
July 26th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
awesome, didn’t know that!
July 26th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Nope, no joke. It’s very possible that they could have lived even longer. Consider the bowhead whale that lives today.. some have lived up to 211 years old.
July 26th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Why do paleontologists change the name of dinos?
Thanks,
Caden
July 26th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
wow…
July 26th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
“Consider the bowhead whale that lives today.. some have lived up to 211 years old.”-admin(Quote)
Holy thunders. 211? Now, that really surpises me more. 0_0
‘How’ can they live so long?
July 26th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
CoOl B-)
August 1st, 2009 at 7:55 am
what the heck