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Archaeologists recently discovered what is thought to be the largest dinosaur fossils known throughout history in Argentina. Named the Titanosaur, the 130 feet long, 77 ton saurapod has been declared the largest animal to have ever walked the face of the Earth (so far). Recent extraordinary leaps of technology have helped update archaeological inquest, allowing for the scientific field to stave off its own extinction event, ensuring paleontologists will not experience the same fate as the dinosaurs.
Using drones for finding bones
Many times when fossils are discovered during a construction project, further digging must stop until a paleontologist can come observe and remove the fossil. Paleontologists in Argentina's Patagonia region have discovered fossilized remains of a so-called Titanosaur, which may have been the largest dinosaur ever to walk the earth.
Titanosaur was a long-necked, long-tailed sauropod (think Apatosaurus or Brachiosaurus) that walked on four legs and lived during the Cretaceous Period, approximately 95 million years ago.
Jose Luis Carballido, a paleontologist at the Egidio Feruglio Museum in Trelew, Argentina, said in a statement Friday that a Titanosaur weighed around 100 tons, or "the equivalent of more than 14 African elephants.
The Titanosaur bones are among 200 fossils at the site in Patagonia's Chubut province, approximately 800 miles south of Buenos Aires. The site was accidentally discovered in 2011 by a farm worker. Experts believe that the remains of seven dinosaurs and the broken teeth of carnivores are among those at the site.
Paleontologists in Argentina have uncovered what they call the biggest dinosaur species ever found. They found 150 fossils of a new species of titanosaur that was 20 meters (65 feet) tall and 40 meters (131 feet) long and weighs 170,000 lbs. (77 metric tons).
Scientists in Argentina have unearthed fossils belonging to what they believe was the largest dinosaur ever, a long-necked species of Titanosaur that would have roamed the Earth some 95 millions years ago.
Diego Pol, a paleontologist at the Egidio Feruglio Museum in Patagonia, tells CBC News from Sao Paulo, Brazil, that his team of researchers was astonished to find the remains so intact.
Paleontologists in Argentina’s remote Patagonia region have discovered fossils of what was likely the largest dinosaur ever to roam the earth.
The creature is believed to be a new species of Titanosaur, a long-necked, long-tailed sauropod that walked on four legs and lived some 95 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period.
The dinosaur “weighed the equivalent of more than 14 African elephants,” or about 100 tons, said Jose Luis Carballido, a paleontologist at the Egidio Feruglio Museum in the southern Argentine city of Trelew.
Equally interesting are the questions that the discovery prompts. This new discovery is estimated to have weighed 14 times the biggest land animal found now, the African elephant.
Paleontologists in Argentina's remote Patagonia region have discovered fossils of what may be the largest dinosaur ever, amid a vast cache of fossils that could shed light on prehistoric life.
The creature is believed to be a new species of Titanosaur, a long-necked, long-tailed sauropod that walked on four legs and lived some 90 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period.
The previous record holder, also in Argentina, the Argentinosaurus, was estimated to measure 36.6 meters long.
A fossilized femur of the Titanosaur was larger than a paleontologist who lay next to it.
The worker first spotted a massive leg bone, measuring some 2.4 meters in length.
'A treasure trove'
Paul Barrett, fossils and anthropology expert at London's Natural History Museum, cautioned that claims this dinosaur is the largest ever still must be confirmed.
"This is an inspiring new discovery of a truly gigantic dinosaur," Barrett said.
“It’s like two trucks with a trailer each, one in front of the other, and the weight of 14 elephants together,” said Jose Luis Carballido, a dinosaur specialist at the Argentinian museum who played a big part in the discovery.
And, like your mother might have told you, these dinosaurs grew big and strong eating their vegetables.
In 2011, scientists exploring a remote swath of Argentina’s Patagonia some 160 miles (260 kilometers) from the city of Trelew came across a site with 200 fossils — a find that the museum characterized as “a dinosaur cemetery.”
The discovery of more than 60 teeth from large carnivore dinosaurs (albeit no bones of carnivores) suggests what happened next: the titannosaur remains were eaten up.
Scientists in Argentina have announced the biggest discovery ever made in the field of paleontology. Literally the biggest.
Bones were found of a dinosaur believed to have been the largest creature ever to walk the earth.
To get a sense of how big the titanosaur was you have to look at its thigh bone next to scientist Diego Pol, one of the lead paleontologists on the dig. The team began uncovering the fossilized remains of this new species of titanosaur last January in Argentina.
