• A technician lies next to the femur of a dinosaur at the Egidio Feruglio Museum in Argentina’s Patagonian city of Trelew. 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. Museo Egidio Feruglio / Reuters
    A technician lies next to the femur of a dinosaur at the Egidio Feruglio Museum in Argentina’s Patagonian city of Trelew. 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. Museo Egidio Feruglio / Reuters
  • 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. Museo Egidio Feruglio / AFP Photo
    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. Museo Egidio Feruglio / AFP Photo
  • Researchers say the plant-eating dinosaur weighed the equivalent of more than 14 African elephants, or about 100 tonnes, and stretched up to 40 metres in length. Museo Egidio Feruglio / AFP Photo
    Researchers say the plant-eating dinosaur weighed the equivalent of more than 14 African elephants, or about 100 tonnes, and stretched up to 40 metres in length. Museo Egidio Feruglio / AFP Photo
  • The previous record holder, also in Argentina, the Argentinosaurus, was estimated to measure 36.6m. Museo Egidio Feruglio / AFP Photo
    The previous record holder, also in Argentina, the Argentinosaurus, was estimated to measure 36.6m. Museo Egidio Feruglio / AFP Photo
  • A fossilised femur of the Titanosaur was larger than a paleontologist who lay next to it. And the find didn’t stop there. Museo Egidio Feruglio / AFP Photo
    A fossilised femur of the Titanosaur was larger than a paleontologist who lay next to it. And the find didn’t stop there. Museo Egidio Feruglio / AFP Photo
  • Bones from at least seven individual dinosaurs, including some believed to be younger, were found at the site. Daniel Feldman / Reuters
    Bones from at least seven individual dinosaurs, including some believed to be younger, were found at the site. Daniel Feldman / Reuters
  • This is “the most complete discovery of this type of giant dinosaur in the world, a momentous discovery for science,” cheered Jose Luis Carballido, one of eight scientists who participated in the research. Daniel Feldman / Reuters
    This is “the most complete discovery of this type of giant dinosaur in the world, a momentous discovery for science,” cheered Jose Luis Carballido, one of eight scientists who participated in the research. Daniel Feldman / Reuters
  • Paleontologist Pablo Gallina speaks about a newly discovered dinosaur discovered in Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentinat. Natacha Pisarenko / AP Photo
    Paleontologist Pablo Gallina speaks about a newly discovered dinosaur discovered in Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentinat. Natacha Pisarenko / AP Photo

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In pictures: Titanosaur, the largest dinosaur to ever live?

Rob Gurdebeke

May 18, 2014

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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.

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