Thailand discovers South Asia’s largest dinosaur species
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Bangkok: Researchers in Thailand have discovered Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, a giant long-necked herbivore that is thought to be the largest dinosaur in Southeast Asia.
The dinosaur's fossils, which date to the Early Cretaceous period about 113 million years ago, were found in the northeastern Thai province of Chaiyaphum. It was one of the largest sauropods ever discovered in Asia, with an estimated length of 27 meters (88 feet) and a weight of nearly 27 tonnes, according to researchers.
Vertebrae, ribs, fragments of the pelvis, and limb bones including a roughly 1.8 meter long upper arm bone were discovered during the dig. The species, according to scientists, was a member of the titanosaur group of enormous, plant-eating dinosaurs that formerly roamed sections of the extinct supercontinent Gondwana.
The finding, according to researchers, provides fresh insight into the evolution and migration of dinosaurs in Southeast Asia, a region with very few big dinosaur fossils. The reports were released in the Scientific Reports journal.
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