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. 2011 Feb;86(1):117–155. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00137.x

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Fig. 1 — The largest representatives of different terrestrial vertebrate clades, both extant and extinct. (A) Non-dinosaurian terrestrial vertebrates and birds: (a) the tortoise Geochelone gigantea, (b) the Komodo dragon Varanus komodoensis, (c) the Pleistocene Australian monitor † Varanus (Megalania) prisca, (d) the Eocene boid snake † Titanoboa cerrejonensis, (e) Homo sapiens, (f) the African elephant Loxodonta africana, (g) the long-necked Oligocene rhinoceros † Paraceratherium (Indricotherium) transouralicum, (h) Struthio camelus, (i) an unnamed Miocene † Phorusracidae. (B) non-avian dinosaurs: (a) the hadrodaur † Shantungosaurus giganteus, (b) the ceratopsian † Triceratops horridus, (c) the theropod †Tyrannosaurus rex, (d) the theropod † Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, (e) the sauropod † Brachiosaurus brancai, (f) the sauropod †Argentinosaurus huinculensis. Scale = 5 m.