Gigantic fossils discovered in Thailand reveal the "last titan," a long‑necked dinosaur that lived up to 120 million years ago when the region was semi‑arid, a new study finds.
Dubbed Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, the newfound species is the largest sauropod, or long‑necked dinosaur, found in Southeast Asia to date. It likely measured about 90 feet (27 meters) in length and weighed around 30 tons (27 metric tons), according to a study published Thursday (May 14) in the journal Scientific Reports.
"Our dinosaur is big by most people's standards — it likely weighed at least 10 tonnes [11 tons] more than Dippy the Diplodocus (Diplodocus carnegii)," study first author Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, a paleontologist at University College London, said in a statement. However, it is not the largest known sauropod, weighing less than half as much as its South American relatives Patagotitan and Argentinosaurus.
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