‘Biggest dinosaur ever’ discovered
Based on its huge thigh bones, it was 40m (130ft) long and 20m (65ft) tall.
Weighing in at 77 tonnes, it was as heavy as 14 African elephants, and seven tonnes heavier than the previous record holder, Argentinosaurus.
Scientists believe it is a new species of titanosaur – an enormous herbivore dating from the Late Cretaceous period.
A local farm worker first stumbled on the remains in the desert near La Flecha, about 250km (135 miles) west of Trelew, Patagonia. (bold mine, RB)
It was a sauropod and probably looked like this:
“Standing with its neck up, it was about 20m high – equal to a seven-storey building.”
My guess is that although it was considered a land animal like most large sauropods it probably spent much of it’s time in shallow water to help counteract it’s great weight.
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