‘Gargantuan’: China fossils reveal 70-tonne dinosaur had 15-metre neck
by Ian Sample Science editor from Science | The Guardian on (#69V6A)
Analysis of bones found in 1987 suggest Jurassic-era sauropod was animal with longest known neck
A dinosaur that roamed east Asia more than 160m years ago has been named a contender for the animal with the longest neck ever known.
A new analysis of bones from the beast's neck and skull revealed that the dinosaur, known as Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, sported a neck 15metres long, or one-and-a-half times the length of a doubledecker bus.
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