Paleontologists Unearth Giant Dinosaur Fossils That Could Belong to Largest Land Creature Ever Known
Paleontologists have uncovered the fossilized remains of a 98-million-year-old dinosaur in Argentina, believing it could be one of the largest land creatures ever to have existed.
The remains, comprising 24 tail vertebrae and parts of the pelvic and pectoral girdle, were discovered within the Candeleros Formation, a dense sedimentary rock formation in Neuquén Province in Argentina’s northwest Patagonia, reports CNN. Paleontologists discovered the fossilized remains of a 98-million-year-old titanosaur in Neuquén Province in Argentina’s northwest Patagonia (Courtesy of Alejandro Otero and José Luis Carballido)
Now a team of South American paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of a massive 98 million-year-old titanosaur in Neuquén Province in Argentina s northwest Patagonia, and it just might be the largest earthly dinosaur specimen ever discovered.
Headed up by researchers from The Zapala Museum, Museo de La Plata, Museo Egidio Feruglio, and the universities of Río Negro and Zaragoza, the fossilized remains were extracted from the site s dense sedimentary deposits known as the Candeleros Formation.
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As described in a new study published in the online journal Cretaceous Research, the fossil s 24 vertebrae of the tail and portions of the pelvic and pectoral girdle excavated are believed to belong to a new titanosaur whose enormous size could eclipse that of previously discovered mega relatives like Patagotitan.