These Abusurd Skeletons Are Possibly From Newly-Discovered Largest Dinosaur Ever
Giant, 98-million-year-old dinosaur remains in Southwest Argentina has been unearthed, believed to be the biggest dinosaur ever found, according to archaeologists.
The human-sized parts of fossilized bone are from the massive sauropod seemingly 10-20% bigger than those belonged to Patagotitan mayorum, the largest dinosaur ever validated, claimed the National University of La Matanza’s CTYS scientific agency.
Sauropods were largest terrestrial beings to have ever existed, having enormously long necks, long tails and are herbivores.
Up to now, Alejandro Otero from the La Plata Museum in Argentina is carrying out tasks in piecing together a likeness of the new dinosaur from two-dozen vertebrae and bits of pelvic bone revealed. He also published a report on the unidentified dinosaur on a scientific journal.
Scientists are still looking for more parts of the dinosaur that are embedded within the rocks. For scientists, the holy grail will be the large femur or humerus bones, which are helpful in estimating a long-extinct creature’s body mass.
The massive fossils were discovered in 2012 in the Neuquen River Valley, but excavation work only began in 2015, according to palaeontologist Jose Luis Carballido of the Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio.
Carballido, who previously participated in the categorization of Patagotitan a couple of years before, said, “We have more than half the tail, a lot of hip bones. It’s obviously still inside the rock, so we have a few more years of digging ahead of us.”
“Everything depends on what happens with the excavations. But regardless of whether it is bigger (than Patagotitan) or not, the discovery of an intact dinosaur of such dimensions is a novelty.”
The human-sized parts of fossilized bone are from the massive sauropod seemingly 10-20% bigger than those belonged to Patagotitan mayorum, the largest dinosaur ever validated, claimed the National University of La Matanza’s CTYS scientific agency.
Sauropods were largest terrestrial beings to have ever existed, having enormously long necks, long tails and are herbivores.
Source: AFP
Up to now, Alejandro Otero from the La Plata Museum in Argentina is carrying out tasks in piecing together a likeness of the new dinosaur from two-dozen vertebrae and bits of pelvic bone revealed. He also published a report on the unidentified dinosaur on a scientific journal.
Scientists are still looking for more parts of the dinosaur that are embedded within the rocks. For scientists, the holy grail will be the large femur or humerus bones, which are helpful in estimating a long-extinct creature’s body mass.
Source: AFP
The massive fossils were discovered in 2012 in the Neuquen River Valley, but excavation work only began in 2015, according to palaeontologist Jose Luis Carballido of the Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio.
Carballido, who previously participated in the categorization of Patagotitan a couple of years before, said, “We have more than half the tail, a lot of hip bones. It’s obviously still inside the rock, so we have a few more years of digging ahead of us.”
Source: AFP
“Everything depends on what happens with the excavations. But regardless of whether it is bigger (than Patagotitan) or not, the discovery of an intact dinosaur of such dimensions is a novelty.”
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