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A Whole New Species of Giant Dinosaur Has Just Been Identified

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Paleontologists led by Apirut Nilpanapan of Mahasarakham University identified Uragasaurus kalasinensis, a new species of long-necked sauropod dinosaur, from a single vertebra discovered in Thailand's Phu Kradung Formation—the first formally named mamenchisaurid sauropod from northeastern Thailand, expanding understanding of dinosaur diversity in Southeast Asia 143 million years ago.

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