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Argentine paleontologists have unveiled the remains of a new species of giant long-necked herbivorous dinosaur found in Patagonia, which ranks among the largest ever found.

The find at the Pueblo Blanco Nature Reserve, unveiled on Thursday, was discovered by scientists in 2018, but the dinosaur's bones were so large that the van that was transporting them to a laboratory in Buenos Aires overturned, thankfully no one was injured and the bones remained unharmed.

Paleontologist Nicolas Cimento reported that scientists decided to call the dinosaur Chucarosaurus ("indomitable") Diripienda ("stirred") because it rolled and survived the accident.

Spinosaurs inherited from their ancestors the skills of fishing.

Weighing 50 tons and a length of 30 meters, it is the largest dinosaur ever found in the mountainous region of the Rio Negro. He lived in the Late Cretaceous along with predators, fish and sea turtles.

The femur of this 1.90-meter-long dinosaur was broken into three parts, each weighing more than 100 kilograms, and it took at least three people to lift it, the scientists said.

Patagonia is home to the world's largest herbivorous dinosaurs, such as the colossal Patagotitan mayorum, the largest dinosaur ever discovered. However, scientists still don't know why the species there evolved so quickly, and in some cases haven't stopped growing throughout their lives.

Paleontologist Matthias Motta explained that while Chucarosaurus Diripienda, belonging to the infrared order sauropods, rivaled other Patagonian giants in size and weight, the characteristics of the hips, front and hind limbs suggest that it was thinner and graceful.

About 140 species of dinosaurs have been found in Argentina, making it one of the three largest countries in the world in terms of paleontological discoveries, along with China and the United States.

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