'Last titan': Southeast Asia's biggest dinosaur discovered
Scientists estimated the sauropod weighed 27 to 30 tonnes and measured about 27 meters long from partial bones found near a pond.
- Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis is the largest-known dinosaur discovered in Southeast Asia identified from bones including a 5.8-foot-long humerus.
- Researchers estimated Nagatitan's body mass to be between 25 and 28 tons based on measurements of its humerus and femur.
- Sethapanichsakul stated Nagatitan might be Southeast Asia's last 'titan' due to the region becoming a shallow sea in the late Cretaceous period.
- The dinosaur was likely a bulk browser eating large volumes of vegetation such as conifers and seed ferns.
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New species of giant dinosaur identified from remains found in Thailand
By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The discovery of some bones at the edge of a pond in Thailand a decade ago has led to the identification of a new type of dinosaur, with a massive size, long neck and tail, and a plant diet. Named “Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis” by researchers in Thailand and London, the reptile is the largest dinosaur ever to be discovered in Southeast Asia. Weighing in at an estimated 27 metric tons — or almost 60,000 pounds — it was …
This long-necked herbivore was 27 metres long and weighed nearly 30 tons, equivalent to about nine elephants.
Scientists discover giant “last titan” dinosaur, Southeast Asia’s largest ever
A massive new dinosaur discovered in Thailand is rewriting Southeast Asia’s prehistoric history. The newly named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis was a colossal long-necked sauropod that weighed around 27 tonnes and lived more than 100 million years ago. Scientists believe it may be the last giant sauropod ever to roam the region before rising seas transformed the landscape.
A gigantic herbivore with a long neck, weighing 27 tons and 27 meters long: researchers in Thailand have described a new species of dinosaur. The nagatitan was larger and heavier than a diplodocus, making it, as far as is known, the largest dinosaur that ever roamed the region.
Scientists have identified a new gigantic dinosaur, the nagatitan, larger than a diplodocus, from remains discovered several years ago in Thailand.
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