A new giant dinosaur weighing about 27 tonnes has been unearthed by researchers in Thailand, making it the largest ever found in Southeast Asia. According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports on Thursday, the 27 metre (88 foot) long plant-eating beast is believed to have meandered through what is now Thailand between 100 and 120 million years ago. It likely weighed at least 10 tonnes more than Dippy the Diplodocus Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, lead researcher “Our dinosaur is big...
Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis had enough unique features to be considered a new species.
The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants.