Some of this is taken from some stuff I posted in another forum, but it’s a look at two very odd stories which have seemingly become combined into one. This was first brought up on page 13 of this thread, but relates to them apparently finding 'the biggest dinosaur ever' in Argentina. Twice no less.
First, from May 2014,
various sites tell us of a titanosaur from Argentina, in which they found 150 bones total from 7 dinosaurs.
Then in September 2014,
many of these same sites, in the same wording often, tell us of another titanosaur from Argentina, in which they found 145 bones from 2 dinosaurs.
No matter how many sites you look at though, these two finds which are so incredibly similar, never once reference one another, even though they are the two most incredible finds in the last few years, found in the same part of Argentina.
However, what really makes these finds so vitally important (they tell us), is that in both sets of bones, they find a complete femur and humerus, and from finding both of these bones they can accurately predict the size of such a massive dinosaur for the first time in history.
As a reference, here's a picture of the May 2014 articles, showing both femur and humerus (the femur in the rear).
Here's a schematic from the September 2014 articles showing the bones of their discovered dinosaur.
Even more curious, in the video from the May 2014,
BBC article, at 1:00 they measure the circumference of their dinosaur's humerus to 79 cm. In the
report for the September 2014 find, on page 7 under Body Dimensions, they give the circumference of their humerus to be "785 mm". Essentially identical, but they never reference one another.
However, things get downright absurd when you compare these 3 images together, all referencing the May 2014 humerus (as found
here and
here for example.)
You have these three people lying alongside the same bone:
I also want to touch on the lead paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara from the September 2014 find.
Heres he's standing beside his humerus in two seperate pictures
These seem to be the same picture, but photoshopped for whatever reason, with his blue shirt colored purple.
For instance, look at the similarities. Look especially at the sleeve above the wrist, you can see the exact same folds in the cloth. You can see the same folds elsewhere, though some have been smoothed out as well:
And here you can especially notice the straight edge of a copy-paste as they changed his hand angle.
