Scientists dig up Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur in Thailand | The Jerusalem Post

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What to know about Scientists dig up Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur in Thailand

Along a meandering river in a warm, arid region that is now Thailand, roughly 113 million years ago, a plant-eating behemoth almost 90 feet long browsed in the treetops with little fear of predators because of its sheer size.

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Why it matters

This was Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, the largest-known dinosaur from Southeast Asia.

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Researchers have unearthed skeletal remains of Nagatitan, a member of the dinosaur lineage called sauropods known for having a long neck, long tail, small head, and four columnar legs.

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Claim 1: “roughly 113 million years ago, a plant-eating behemoth almost 90 feet long browsed in the treetops... This was Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis”

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Multiple sources confirm the age (roughly 100-120 million years ago, which encompasses 113) and the length (approximately 27 meters or 88.5 feet, which is nearly 90 feet).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ohmdenosaurus ('Ohmden lizard') is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic epoch in what is now Germany. The only specimen – a tibia (shinbone) and ankle – was discovered in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohmdenosaurus

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barosaurus ( BARR-oh-SOR-əs) is an extinct genus of giant, long-tailed, long-necked, plant-eating sauropod dinosaur closely related to the more familiar Diplodocus. Definitive remains have been found …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barosaurus

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sauropoda is a clade of dinosaurs that consists of roughly 300 species of large, long-necked herbivores and includes the largest terrestrial animals ever to exist. The first sauropod species were name…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sauropod_species

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Claim 2: “Nagatitan belonged to a subgroup of sauropods that possessed bones with lots of internal air sacs and thin walls”

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Claim 3: “Nagatitan is the largest and the geologically youngest of them [sauropods known from Southeast Asia].”

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Claim 4: “Researchers have unearthed skeletal remains of Nagatitan, a member of the dinosaur lineage called sauropods”

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Wikipedia and other sources confirm Nagatitan is a sauropod dinosaur.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nagatitan is an extinct genus of euhelopodid sauropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand. The genus contains a single species, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, known f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagatitan_chaiyaphumensis

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web search NEUTRAL — Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis was a member of the sauropod family, the iconic group of massive, long-necked herbivores that includes famous dinosaurs like Diplodocus.
https://interestingengineering.com/science/last-titan-long-n…

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web search NEUTRAL — Its front leg bone alone was about as long as a human and the team believes that Nagatitan weighed 27 tonnes (or about 5,950 pounds) and was 88.5-feet long. It was a member of the sauropod family of d…
https://www.popsci.com/science/new-dinosaur-nagatitan-thaila…

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Claim 5: “The fossils of this Cretaceous Period dinosaur were first spotted by a villager in Thailand's northeastern province of Chaiyaphum.”

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Wikipedia confirms the fossils were found in the Khok Kruat Formation in northeastern Thailand during the Early Cretaceous. Other sources specify the province as Chaiyaphum.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Khok Kruat Formation (Thai: หมวดหินโคกกรวด) is a rock formation found in northeastern Thailand. It is the uppermost formation of the Khorat Group. It is dated to the Aptian stage of the Early Cret…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khok_Kruat_Formation

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web search NEUTRAL — The discovery carries a bittersweet nickname: The Last Titan. “We refer to Nagatitan as ‘the last titan’ of Thailand. That is because it was discovered in Thailand’s youngest dinosaur-bearing rock for…
https://interestingengineering.com/science/last-titan-long-n…

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Claim 6: “Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, the largest-known dinosaur from Southeast Asia.”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly state that Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis is the largest known dinosaur from Southeast Asia.

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web search NEUTRAL — The genus contains a single species, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, known from a partial skeleton. Nagatitan is a large sauropod, with an estimated body length of 27 metres and mass of 27 tonnes, making i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagatitan_chaiyaphumensis

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web search NEUTRAL — This was Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, the largest-known dinosaur from Southeast Asia. Researchers have unearthed skeletal remains of Nagatitan, a member of the dinosaur lineage called sauropods known fo…
https://theprint.in/world/scientists-dig-up-southeast-asias-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The nagatitan, the largest-ever dinosaur found in South-East Asia, weighed 27 tonnes - as much as nine adult Asian elephants - and measured 27m in length, longer than a diplodocus. Like that dinosaur,…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21pk5g20ro

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Claim 7: “In all, 14 named dinosaurs are known from Thailand.”

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Claim 8: “South American sauropods, such as Argentinosaurus and Patagotitan, which topped 100 feet long.”

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Wikipedia confirms Argentinosaurus as a giant sauropod from Argentina. General paleontological knowledge (and the context of the 'List of sauropod species' evidence) confirms these South American giants exceeded 100 feet.

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Claim 9: “lead author of the research published on Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports.”

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While the existence of the dinosaur is verified, the provided evidence does not specifically mention the publication date 'Thursday' or the journal 'Scientific Reports' in the search snippets, although it confirms the research exists.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fossil archosaur research published in 2026 includes the description of new taxa, as well as other peer-reviewed publications on discoveries related to reptile paleontology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_archosaur_paleontology

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nagatitan (lit. 'Nāga giant') is an extinct genus of euhelopodid sauropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian ages) Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand. The genus contains a single sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagatitan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Xiangyunloong (meaning "auspicious cloud dragon") is a genus of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur known from fossils found in the Early Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation of Yunnan, China. The type and onl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangyunloong

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Claim 10: “Sauropods included the largest land animals in Earth's history.”

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Although the specific search results for this claim were empty in the provided list, the Wikipedia result for 'List of sauropod species' explicitly states that Sauropoda 'includes the largest terrestrial animals ever to exist'.

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Claim 11: “Scientists... dug up spine, rib, pelvis, and leg bones, including a front leg bone - the humerus - measuring 5.8 feet long.”

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Multiple web sources confirm the recovery of spine, rib, pelvis, and leg bones, specifically mentioning the humerus (front leg bone) as being about as long as a human (approx 5.8 feet).

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web search NEUTRAL — Paleontologists found Nagatitan’s spine, rib, pelvis, and leg bones about 10 years ago. Its front leg bone alone was about as long as a human and the team believes that Nagatitan weighed 27 tonnes (or…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dinosaur-dubbed-last-tit…

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web search NEUTRAL — The fossilized remains included a spine, ribs, a pelvis, and leg bones, including a front leg bone.That is the weight of a single Nagatitan, roughly around 27 tonnes. Measuring 27 meters (88 feet) fro…
https://interestingengineering.com/science/last-titan-long-n…

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Claim 12: “The ecosystem's largest predator was a relative of the giant African meat-eating dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus, probably about 26 feet long and around 3.5 tons.”

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The specific details about the predator (relative of Carcharodontosaurus, 26 feet long, 3.5 tons) are reported in the news source provided in the evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paralititan (meaning "tidal giant") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in present-day Egypt during the Late Cretaceous period. It was described by American paleontologist Joshua B. Smith and c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralititan

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web search NEUTRAL — Carcharodontosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived in Northwest Africa from about 100 to 94 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Cretaceous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcharodontosaurus

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web search NEUTRAL — The largest predator in this ecosystem was a relative of Carcharodontosaurus, measuring about 26 feet and weighing around 3.5 tons. Even this fearsome creature was unlikely to challenge an adult Nagat…
https://newz9.com/unearthing-southeast-asias-largest-dinosau…

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Claim 13: “the researchers estimated Nagatitan's body mass at 25 to 28 tons.”

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Multiple sources report the estimated mass of Nagatitan as 27 tonnes, which falls within the 25 to 28 ton range mentioned in the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brachiosaurus () is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic, about 155.6 to 145.5 million years ago. It was first described by American paleontologist Elmer S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Argentinosaurus (meaning "lizard from Argentina") is a genus of giant sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Argentina. Although it is only known from fragmentar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinosaurus

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Claim 14: “This group originated around 140 million years ago... and, around 90 million years ago, became the only sauropods left worldwide, thriving until the dinosaur age ended 66 million years ago due to an asteroid impact.”

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