Last year, researchers discovered the remains of a huge dinosaur named Bustingorrytitan shiva, and now they have released an artistic reconstruction of the Cretaceous giant.
This was reported by Livescience
The newly discovered 29.8-meter-long dinosaur, named after the Hindu god Shiva "The Destroyer", stomped across Argentina along with other long-necked “megatanosaurs” more than 90 million years ago, scientists report.
Late last year, researchers described a huge beast called Bustingorrytitan shiva based on fossils found in western Argentina. Now they've worked with an artist to recreate the Cretaceous titanosaur, a larger type of long-necked sauropod, in stunning images and video.
Shiva is one of the largest sauropods ever recorded, with an estimated weight of about 67 tons. Although this “megatanosaurus” is not the largest member of its species, it is still an all-powerful member of the ancient Argentine ecosystem.
The discovery of Shiva in the Northern Patagonia region of southern South America demonstrates that “megatanosaurs” with gigantism of more than 50 tons evolved separately from titanosaurs, according to lead author Maria Edith Simon, a paleontologist who led the excavation of Shiva.
“In Patagonia, we are still at a stage where we are more likely to find something new than something known, and the unknown is often wonderful,” Simon told Live Science in an email. “In the publication, we reported on a sauropod that became a giant, independently of others within their group.”
A farmer named Manuel Bastingorri found the first giant B. shiva fossil on his land in Neuquén province in 2000. Simon said she was in charge of the laboratory and research area at the nearby Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum in the early 2000s and excavated the farm in 2001.
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