{"id":80937,"date":"2026-05-15T16:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/skeletal-remains-of-new-dinosaur-weighing-as-much-as-9-elephants-discovered-by-scientists-the-last-titan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:55:19","slug":"skeletal-remains-of-new-dinosaur-weighing-as-much-as-9-elephants-discovered-by-scientists-the-last-titan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/skeletal-remains-of-new-dinosaur-weighing-as-much-as-9-elephants-discovered-by-scientists-the-last-titan\/","title":{"rendered":"Skeletal remains of new dinosaur weighing as much as 9 elephants discovered by scientists: &#8220;The last titan&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The long-necked herbivore stretched 88 feet and weighed about 27 tons, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-026-47482-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to a study<\/a> published in the journal Scientific Reports.<\/p>\n<p>It probably roamed what is now Thailand between 100 million and 120 million years ago and is the largest ever found in Southeast Asia, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>They estimated the new dinosaur had the same heft as nine adult Asian elephants.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our dinosaur is big by most people&#8217;s standards \u2014 it likely weighed at least 10 tons more than Dippy the Diplodocus,&#8221; said lead researcher Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, referring to the enormous composite cast previously on display at London&#8217;s Natural History Museum.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/c64afcc1-a839-4d4f-8589-39a7b3111fa2\/thumbnail\/620x401g2\/415224adfc78696cd7fd45a432385057\/2026-05-14t112621z-498608889-rc247la1dyl0-rtrmadp-3-science-dinosaur.jpg#\" alt=\"Meet Nagatitan, Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur \" height=\"401\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/c64afcc1-a839-4d4f-8589-39a7b3111fa2\/thumbnail\/620x401g2\/415224adfc78696cd7fd45a432385057\/2026-05-14t112621z-498608889-rc247la1dyl0-rtrmadp-3-science-dinosaur.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/c64afcc1-a839-4d4f-8589-39a7b3111fa2\/thumbnail\/1240x802g2\/41f69c55727e5acaeaf1ea0898dd020f\/2026-05-14t112621z-498608889-rc247la1dyl0-rtrmadp-3-science-dinosaur.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An artist&#8217;s reconstruction shows the dinosaur whose fossils were unearthed in Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Patchanop Boonsai\/Handout via Reuters<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Thai Ph.D. student called the newly discovered sauropod &#8220;the last titan&#8221; because it was unearthed in one the youngest rock formations where dinosaurs are found in Thailand, according to University College London.<\/p>\n<p>The region later became a shallow sea, he added, &#8220;so this may be the last or most recent large sauropod we will find in Southeast Asia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first remains of the enormous creature were unearthed a decade ago by locals in northeast Thailand, but the excavation was not completed until 2024, according to the study, published Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The remains partially resembled those of previously discovered sauropods, but had enough unique features to be considered a new species.<\/p>\n<p>It has been dubbed Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis after a &#8220;mythological serpent-like creature found in various Asian cultures, especially in northeastern Thailand, often associated with water and Buddhism, and titan, a giant in Greek mythology,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-026-47482-x#Sec3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authors write<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time the Nagatitan roamed the region, the ecosystem&#8217;s largest predator was a relative of the meat-eating dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus, which measured about 26 feet long and weighed about 3.5 tons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At that size, it was dwarfed by Nagatitan. At full size, Nagatitan likely had very little to fear in terms of predation,&#8221; Sethapanichsakul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/science\/scientists-dig-up-southeast-asias-largest-dinosaur-thailand-2026-05-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Reuters news agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/7b552a90-01f8-4c39-bfbd-cfe9480c9cd4\/thumbnail\/620x827\/d4371e8146d7a5ccf947ff1eb9001835\/2026-05-14t112623z-329132301-rc2xy5a1u9gv-rtrmadp-3-science-dinosaur.jpg#\" alt=\"Meet Nagatitan, Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur \" height=\"827\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/7b552a90-01f8-4c39-bfbd-cfe9480c9cd4\/thumbnail\/620x827\/d4371e8146d7a5ccf947ff1eb9001835\/2026-05-14t112623z-329132301-rc2xy5a1u9gv-rtrmadp-3-science-dinosaur.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/7b552a90-01f8-4c39-bfbd-cfe9480c9cd4\/thumbnail\/1240x1654\/c499aeb268f1a5f28ea466ec8677135a\/2026-05-14t112623z-329132301-rc2xy5a1u9gv-rtrmadp-3-science-dinosaur.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Researcher Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul poses with a front leg bone of the Nagatitan at the Sirindhorn Museum in Thailand in a photograph released May 14, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul\/Handout via Reuters<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A life-size reconstruction is on display at Bangkok&#8217;s Thainosaur Museum, according to University College London.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, a dinosaur skeleton <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dinosaur-skeleton-thailand-scientists-minimocursor-phunoiensis-150-million-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">uncovered by scientists in northeastern Thailand<\/a><\/span> was also deemed to be newly discovered species. 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