A Chance Fossil Discovery Led Scientists to ‘the Last Titan’
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A Chance Fossil Discovery Led Scientists to ‘the Last Titan’
One front leg bone alone measured nearly six feet long.
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According to researchers publishing their enormous findings this week in the journal Scientific Reports, paleontologists in Thailand have identified a new species of a massive sauropod that may be the largest ever discovered in Southeast Asia. They also released an artistic illustration of what the sauropod might have looked like, and it looks so friendly. Just a chill dude who wants to eat some trees.
NPR reports that the dinosaur, named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, was nearly 90 feet long and weighed around 30 tons, the rough........
