Senior dinosaur: a huge skeleton will be exhibited at the history museum

For those wondering how big the Natural History Museum’s new dinosaur is, the clue is in the name.

A titanosaur skeleton, the most complete giant dinosaur remains ever discovered, will be on display next year.

The exhibit is four times heavier than the museum’s famous Dippy the diplodocus and 40 feet longer than its blue whale, Hope.

Patagotitan mayorum, to give the titanosaur its Latin name, will only narrowly fit into the massive 30-foot-tall Waterhouse Gallery.

Titanosaurs were a diverse group of gigantic, long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs found on every continent 100 million years ago

Professor Paul Barrett, the museum’s fossil expert, said: “Weight comparable to that of more than nine African elephants, this showpiece specimen will inspire visitors to care for some of the world’s largest and most beautiful creatures. vulnerable people on the planet, who face similar challenges to their survival.”

Titanosaurs were the last major group of sauropod dinosaurs before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event around 65 million years ago.

Like other sauropods, titanosaurs were herbivorous quadrupeds with long tails, long necks, and small heads.

However, they differed from other sauropods in that titanosaur bodies were stockier and their limbs produced a wider stance than other sauropods.

Titanosaur fossils have been found on every continent except Antarctica and include around 40 species.

The group contains the largest known land animals, some even approaching the size of modern whales.

The London museum’s patagotitan, discovered in South America, was estimated to be 121 feet long and weighed 65 tons. He was loaned to the UK from Argentina.

Dr. Alex Burch, Director of Public Programs at the Museum, said: “We are thrilled that Patagotitan, the most complete giant dinosaur ever discovered, is making its European debut here at the Museum of Natural History, home of the dinosaur.

A Titanosaur Skeleton, The Most Complete Giant Dinosaur Remains Ever Discovered, Will Be Showcased Next Year

The London museum’s patagotitan, discovered in South America, was estimated to be 121 feet long and weighed 65 tons. He was loaned to the UK from Argentina

“Our fascination with dinosaurs provides the perfect opportunity to inspire and educate the next generation about the natural world, and empower them to take action for the planet.”

The Egidio Feruglio Paleontological Museum (MEF) is located in Argentina.

WHAT IS DIPPY THE DINOSAUR, WHERE DID HE COME FROM AND WHERE HAS HE GONE ON TOUR?

Dippy the dinosaur is a cast of the earliest Dipolodocus skeleton ever found and was made in the early 1900s from the original in Pennsylvania, USA.

In its displayed pose, the skeleton is 85 feet (26 meters) long, 14 feet (4.3) meters wide, and 13.7 feet (4.2) meters high.

When unveiled at the Natural History Museum in London in 1905, the cast became stars and have since featured in newspaper cartoons, feature stories and even starred in film and television.

When railroad workers unearthed the fossilized bones that Dippy is based on in Wyoming, USA, in 1898, newspapers billed the find as “the most colossal animal ever on Earth”.

Dippy is one of 10 replicas of the original in museums around the world, including Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Moscow.

Dippy the Dinosaur is a cast of a Dipolodocus skeleton made in the early 1900s from an original in Pennsylvania, USA. When unveiled in London in 1905, the cast became stars and have since featured in newspaper cartoons, feature stories and even starred in film and television. Pictured is the cast of London’s Natural History Museum in 1905

Dippy had been on display at the Natural History Museum since the early 1900s and was recently displayed in the Hintze Hall at the entrance to the museum from 1979 to 2017.

In 2018, the cast of Dinosaur Skeletons embarked on a two-year tour of the UK, visiting Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and five regions of England.

The tour aimed to connect the nation to nature and spark the imagination of a new generation of scientists, naturalists and conservationists.

Diplodocus was a long herbivorous species first described as a new type of dinosaur in 1878 by Professor Othniel C Marsh of Yale University.

The species lived between 156 and 145 million years ago and belongs to a group called sauropods, which means “lizard feet”.