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May 17, 2014 09:09 pm GMT

Scientists Discover the 'Biggest Dinosaur Ever'

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Step aside, Argentinosaurus. There's a new dino in town — and he's ginormous.

Paleontologists in Argentina unearthed what they believe to be the 95- to 100-million-year-old fossils of the "biggest dinosaur ever," according to the BBC

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Based on its thigh bones, the massive prehistoric creature was 130 feet long, 65 feet tall and weighed an estimated 85 tons (77 metric tons) — that's as heavy as 14 African elephants

"Given the size of these bones, which surpass any of the previously known giant animals, the new dinosaur is the largest animal known that walked on Earth," the scientists told the BBC. Read more...

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