In the footsteps of giants – the world’s largest known dinosaur goes on show at London’s Natural History Museum
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- 15 Mar 2023
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A life-size cast of the largest known land animal goes on show at London’s Natural History Museum, the first such display in Europe.
One of the most massive creatures ever to have walked on Earth, Patagotitan mayorum was 37m long and weighed 57 tons.
A sauropod from the Early Cretaceous period, the Patagotitan lived 101 million years ago in what is now Argentina.
The remains of Patagotitan mayorum were uncovered in 2010 when a ranch owner in Patagonia came across a gigantic thigh bone sticking out of the ground. Scientists were brought in to investigate, and during digs in 2012, 2013 and 2015, they unearthed hundreds of fossil bones belonging to at least six dinosaurs that died and were buried in three distinct floods. Read More…
