The fossilized remains of a dinosaur thought to be the largest creature to ever have walked the planet were discovered in Argentina in the desert 135 miles west of Trelew, Patagonia.
According to palaeontologists, its thigh bones are 130ft long and 65 feet tall. The creature—called a titanosaur (grow up, stop giggling)—was roughly 77 tons (or 14 African elephants). Standing with its neck up, it was roughly the size of a seven-story building.
Palaeontologists found 150 bones in total, in “remarkable condition.” The herbivore, which lived in the forests of Patagonia between 95 and 100 million years ago, resembles an Argentinosaurus (pictured below), though whether it’s technically the “biggest” could be disputed—dinosaur sizes are estimated based on incomplete skeletons, and different estimates for size and weight don’t often agree with each other.
Regardless, there’s little doubt that if both dinosaurs were alive today they would crush us all without mercy.
