A newly discovered 98-foot-long dinosaur named after the Hindu god Shiva"The Destroyer" stomped around Argentina alongside other long-necked"megatitanosaurs" more than 90 million years ago, scientists reveal.
The B. shiva discovery in the North Patagonia region of southern South America demonstrates that"megatitanosaurs" with gigantism in excess of 55 tons evolved separately within titanosaurs, according to study lead author María Edith Simón, a paleontologist who ran the B. shiva excavation. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over."When we arrived at the site, it was really exciting," Simón said."The bone was broken, but it looked like a tibia."
The new research suggests that at least two lineages of gigantic titanosaurs — B. shiva's saltasauroids and Argentinosaurus' lognkosaurs — coexisted in North Patagonia in the middle of the Cretaceous period alongside smaller sauropods, according to the study.