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Scientists have identified a massive new dinosaur in Thailand

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 209 words
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Claim 1: “Scientists have identified a massive new dinosaur in Thailand”
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Multiple independent news organizations, including Al Jazeera, NPR, and other web sources, confirm that scientists have identified a new species of massive dinosaur in Thailand.
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web search NEUTRAL — Scientists identify massive new dinosaur following Thailand dig.New Dinosaur Species in Thailand Reveals Giant Sauropod Nagatitan. 19 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Scientists have identified the remains of a massive new species of dinosaur in Thailand, estimated to have weighed as much as nine adult elephants.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/scientists-identify…
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web search NEUTRAL — Researchers have identified a new species of dinosaur in Thailand, the largest found in Southeast Asia. It would have been about 90 feet long and weighed some 30 tons, according to research published …
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/14/nx-s1-5819740/dinosaur-thaila…
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Claim 2: “the creature estimated to have weighed as much an nine adult elephants”
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Multiple sources consistently report the weight estimate of the dinosaur (Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis) as being equivalent to nine adult elephants (approximately 27-30 tonnes).
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web search NEUTRAL — Scientists have unveiled a colossal new dinosaur species discovered in Thailand, estimating that the enormous creature weighed as much as nine adult Asian elephants. The newly identified long-necked h…
https://slguardian.org/thailands-last-titan-dinosaur-stuns-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Newly identified long-necked dino weighed same as 9 elephants.Colossal dinosaur unearthed in Thailand weighs as much as nine elephants. 12 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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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 (88ft) in length, longer than a diplodocus. Like that di…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21pk5g20ro
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Claim 3: “Scientists have identified a massive new dinosaur from remains discovered in Thailand”
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CNN, CBS News, and other web sources explicitly state that the identification of the new dinosaur species was based on remains/fossils discovered in Thailand (specifically mentioning a pond in north-eastern Thailand).
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web search NEUTRAL — The discovery of some bones at the edge of a pond in Thailand a decade ago has led to the identification of a new type of dinosaur, with a massive size, long neck and tail, and a plant diet.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/science/titan-new-dinosaur-di…
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web search NEUTRAL — A team of researchers from the UK and Thailand identified the species from fossils found beside a pond in north-eastern Thailand a decade ago. They say the discovery sheds light on how changes in anci…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21pk5g20ro
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web search NEUTRAL — Scientists have identified a massive new dinosaur from remains discovered in Thailand, with the creature estimated to have weighed as much as nine adult elephants.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-dinosaur-weight-9-elephants…
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