Giant new dinosaur identified from fossils in Thailand

The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants.

Researchers unearth Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur

They're calling it the "last titan" of Thailand. The sauropod — an herbivore with a long neck and tail — comes from the late Early Cretaceous period, some 100 to 120 million years ago.

By James Doubek

Scientists unearthed a gigantic dinosaur species in Thailand after a villager spotted the bones

Thailand is now known to have 14 named dinosaur species

By Will Dunham

Researchers discover a new gigantic dinosaur species in Thailand

Scientists unearth fossil of Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur in Thailand

Nagatitan lived at a time when Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were rising, coinciding with high global temperatures.

Scientists dig up Southeast Asia’s largest dinosaur in Thailand

Nagatitan provides insight into sauropod diversity in the region. Not many sauropods are known from Southeast Asia, and Nagatitan is the largest and the geologically youngest of them.

By Jee Geronimo