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07-12-2018, 02:15 PM
Giant, newly discovered dinosaur was literally a huge weirdo
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You're standing in a lush forest 230 million years ago in what is now Argentina.*
You're alone among the Triassic shrubbery. Suddenly, an elephant-sized dinosaur comes lumbering your way through the overgrowth.
The dinosaur looks somewhat familiar — kind of like a much smaller brachiosaurus — but it's definitely different.*
SEE ALSO: The real hero of 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' was this cute headbutting dinosaur (https://mashable.com/2018/06/22/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-head-butt-dinosaur-stygimoloch/)
Instead of the straight legs, huge bodies, and long necks that have come to define the sauropods, this odd-looking creature has bent legs and a shorter neck, but it's definitely huge, if not as big as its much larger cousins.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/11/giant-dinosaur-discovery-argentina/)
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You're standing in a lush forest 230 million years ago in what is now Argentina.*
You're alone among the Triassic shrubbery. Suddenly, an elephant-sized dinosaur comes lumbering your way through the overgrowth.
The dinosaur looks somewhat familiar — kind of like a much smaller brachiosaurus — but it's definitely different.*
SEE ALSO: The real hero of 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' was this cute headbutting dinosaur (https://mashable.com/2018/06/22/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-head-butt-dinosaur-stygimoloch/)
Instead of the straight legs, huge bodies, and long necks that have come to define the sauropods, this odd-looking creature has bent legs and a shorter neck, but it's definitely huge, if not as big as its much larger cousins.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/11/giant-dinosaur-discovery-argentina/)
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