‘Biggest Dinosaur Ever’ Unearthed in Argentina
TIME | 17 May 2014
Godzilla has company with this newly discovered, seven-stories-tall marvel of nature. Fortunately for other dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous era, this titanosaur was an herbivore. The remains were discovered in Argentina, and about 150 bones have been unearthed
Move over, Godzilla.
The largest dinosaur ever known to walk the earth has been unearthed in Argentina, and it really is a monster.
Based on its thigh bones, the dinosaur was 130 feet long and 65 feet
tall, and at 85 tons, it was the weight of 14 African elephants.
Basically, picture a seven-story building as long as a large yacht, and
then add a set of teeth.
The remains were discovered in the desert La Flecha about 135 miles
west of Patagonia by a local farm worker, and excavated by
paleontologists from Museum of Palaeontology Egidio Feruglio. About 150
bones have been found “in remarkable condition,” researchers said.
The huge herbivore lived in the forests of Patagonia between 95 and 100 million years ago, the team said.
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