Futalognkosaurus Dinosaur Find

Among the Biggest and Most Complete Dinosaur Skeletons Ever Found

© Henry Ramsager

Oct 16, 2007

Yet another new species of dinosaur has been found in the Patagonia region of Argentina, which is turning out to be a who's who of dinosaur leftovers.


Can you say Futalognkosaurus three times fast? Unless you're a Mapuche Indian, it might be a tall task.

Futalognkosaurus is pronounced foo-ta-long-koh-sohr-us, and means "giant chief of the lizards" in the Mapuche Indian language.

The Futalognkosaurus walked and shook the earth 80 million years ago and measured at least 32 meters (105 feet) in height, which puts it in the company of the tallest dinosaurs to have graced the dinosaur age.

Palaeontologists say that Futalognkosaurus was a plant eater with a unique neck-bone structure. This particular specimen was once on someone's menu, as there are signs, say the same likely bespectacled palaeontologists, of predatory dinosaurs having feasted on him.

Other dinosaurs found in Patagonia, Argentina, include the nationalistic-sounding Argentinosaurus and the big-bully-sounding Giganotosaurus.


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