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Thai researchers make huge discovery with Southeast Asia’s largest dinosaur

South China Morning Post · · 190 words · By SCMP’s Asia desk
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“Thailand unearths Southeast Asia’s largest dinosaur, the mighty Nagatitan”
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Multiple independent sources, including EuroNews and a web search result specifically stating it is the 'largest-ever dinosaur found in South-East Asia', confirm this claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — 22 hours ago · 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 co…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagatitan
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web search NEUTRAL — 23 hours ago · Nagatitan is also the 14th dinosaur to be named in Thailand and a life-size reconstruction is now on display at the Thainosaur Museum at Asiatique in Bangkok.
https://www.popsci.com/science/new-dinosaur-nagatitan-thaila…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Nagatitan became a giant independently of other huge dinosaurs from other periods and places, but its relationships and habitat suggest it lived at the beginning of a time conducive to eno…
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/nagatitan…
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“Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, named after a snake from folklore and the province where it was found, weighed as much as nine adult elephants”
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The weight comparison to nine adult elephants is explicitly mentioned by France24 and another web search result.
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web search NEUTRAL — Its species name chaiyaphumensis means “from Chaiyaphum,” the Thai province where the fossils were first discovered. a man stands in front of a long dinosaur leg bone. Study co-author Thitiwoot Sethap…
https://www.popsci.com/science/new-dinosaur-nagatitan-thaila…
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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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web search NEUTRAL — “We refer to Nagatitan as ‘the last titan’ of Thailand,” said Sethapanichsakul. “That is because it was discovered in Thailand’s youngest dinosaur-bearing rock formation.
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/nagatitan-chaiyap…
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“According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports on Thursday, the 27 metre (88 foot) long plant-eating beast is believed to have meandered through what is now Thailand between 100 and 120 million years ago.”
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Wikipedia confirms Nagatitan is from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian ages) of Thailand. Web search results confirm the 27m length and the specific weight/size details associated with the study.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles that first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago. They became the dominant terrestrial vertebrates after the Triassic–…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dinosaur_genera
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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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“it likely weighed at least 10 tonnes more than Dippy the Diplodocus”
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While the general size of Nagatitan is corroborated, the specific comparison to 'Dippy the Diplodocus' and the '10 tonnes more' figure is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, although the general size superiority is mentioned.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Patagotitan is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Albian stage) Cerro Barcino Formation in Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. The genus contains a single species…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagotitan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diplodocus (, , or ) is an extinct genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs known from the Late Jurassic of North America. The first fossils of Diplodocus were discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplodocus
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web search NEUTRAL — 22 hours ago · 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 co…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagatitan
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“The creature, named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis after a snake from Southeast Asian folklore and the province of Chaiyaphum where it was found”
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Both BBC News and Wikipedia explicitly confirm the name Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, the meaning of the name (naga/serpent and the province), and that it was found in Chaiyaphum Province.
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web search NEUTRAL — "We refer to Nagatitan* as 'the last titan' of Thailand," said Sethapanichsakul. "That is because it was discovered in Thailand's youngest dinosaur-bearing rock formation.
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/largest-dinosaur-sou…
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web search NEUTRAL — The genus contains a single species, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, known from a partial skeleton.The Nagatitan fossil material was discovered in outcrops of the Khok Kruat Formation in Chaiyaphum Provinc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagatitan
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web search NEUTRAL — “We refer to Nagatitan as ‘the last titan’ of Thailand,” said Sethapanichsakul. “That is because it was discovered in Thailand’s youngest dinosaur-bearing rock formation.
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/nagatitan-chaiyap…
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“Thitiwoot described the sauropod as “the last titan” because it was excavated in one of the youngest rock formations where dinosaurs were found in Thailand”
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Three separate web search results quote Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul describing the dinosaur as 'the last titan' because it was found in Thailand's youngest dinosaur-bearing rock formation.
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web search NEUTRAL — “We refer to Nagatitan as ‘the last titan’ of Thailand. That is because it was discovered in Thailand’s youngest dinosaur-bearing rock formation,” Sethapanichsakul said.
https://www.popsci.com/science/new-dinosaur-nagatitan-thaila…
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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
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web search NEUTRAL — The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants.He said the researchers referred to the nagatitan as "the last titan" of Thailand, because the fossi…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21pk5g20ro
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