Fossil find: New giant dinosaur
Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/TT

Fossil find: New giant dinosaur identified in Thailand

A dinosaur fossil found ten years ago next to a pond in northeastern Thailand has been identified as the largest dinosaur species ever discovered in Southeast Asia.

The British-Thai research team that studied the find concludes that the continent's largest long-necked dinosaur to date weighed 27 tons and was 27 meters long.

Its full name is Nagatian chaiyaphumensis and it is estimated to have roamed the Earth between 100 and 120 million years ago.

It is unlikely that researchers will find more dinosaur remains like Nagatian, as the area later became a shallow sea, according to Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, lead author of the study.

"This may be the last large long-necked dinosaur we find in Southeast Asia," he told AFP.

AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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