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Giant new 88ft dinosaur weighing 27 tonnes discovered by British researchers from fossils in Thailand.

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A team of British researchers have helped discover the remains of a giant dinosaur who spanned a whopping 88ft in south-east Asia.Skeletal remains of Nagatitan, a member of the dinosaur lineage called sauropods known for having a long neck, long tail, small head and four columnar legs, have been found in Thailand.The fossils of this Cretaceous Period dinosaur were first spotted by a villager in Thailand's northeastern province of Chaiyaphum.

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Scientists over a period of years then dug up spine, rib, pelvis and leg bones including a front leg bone, the humerus, measuring 5.8 feet (1.78 meters) long.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Based on the dimensions of its humerus and femur, the corresponding hind leg bone, the researchers estimated Nagatitan's body mass at 25 to 28 tonnes.

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Its head and teeth were not among the fossils recovered, but the researchers now have a good idea of its feeding preferences based on other sauropods."Nagatitan was probably a bulk browser that focused on...

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Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur identified in Thailand France 24The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauriforms in southeast Asia

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