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Scientists Have Identified a Massive New Dinosaur in Thailand

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Scientists have identified a massive new dinosaur from remains discovered in Thailand, with the creature estimated to have weighed as much an nine adult elephants.

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By Amarachi Orie, CNN. The discovery of some bones on the bank of a pond in Thailand a decade ago led to the identification of a new type of dinosaur: colossal in size, with a long neck and tail, and a plant-based diet. Named “Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis” by researchers from Thailand and London, this reptile is the largest dinosaur ever discovered in Southeast Asia. Weighing an estimated 27 metric tons—or nearly 60,000 pounds—it measured approxima…

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A new prehistory giant was discovered in Thailand. It is called Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis and is the largest dinosaur ever identified in Southeast Asia. The discovery was published in the scientific journal Scientific Reports and allows scholars to better know the animals that populated the region over 100 million years ago. The dinosaur lived in the Cretaceous period, about 113 million years ago. It was a huge long-necked herbivore, belonging t…

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The dinosaur was about 27 meters long and weighed about 27 tons.

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