Scientists discover dinosaur ‘heavier than herd of elephants’

The word big does not do justice to a massive, long-necked dinosaur that shook the Earth in Argentina about 77 million years ago.

Scientists discover dinosaur ‘heavier than herd of elephants’

Try colossal, enormous, gargantuan and stupendous — and you might come close to an accurate description of this behemoth, known to scientists as Dreadnoughtus schrani.

Scientists announced the discovery in southern Patagonia of remarkably complete and well-preserved fossil remains of the dinosaur, which weighed 65 tonnes and measured 85 feet long with a neck 37-feet long and a tail 30-feet long.

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