World's Biggest Dinosaur Found In Argentina: 'Titanosaur' Was The Size 14 Elephants

The remains of the largest dinosaur ever discovered have been found in the Chubut plateau in the vicinity of the town of "Las Plumas" in Argentina. Researchers from the paleontological museum "Egidio Ferugli " of Trelew confirmed the findings of the 'Titanosaur' on Friday. The discovery was made by a rural laborer at a site located 300 kilometers west of the provincial capital, the researchers said. The laborer discovered a femur "the equivalent of 14 African elephants, so it follows that the animal weighed at least 100 tons," said paleontologist Pablo Puerta.

While the discovery was made more than three months ago in the plateau area, the announcement was made on Friday by the museum's director, Ruben Cuneo, along with other researchers in an impromptu press conference outside the building which houses the museum in the historic town of Trelew. This finding adds to those that were announced last Wednesday in Neuquen, where they found one of the most famous herbivorous giants a sauropod dinosaur with a long neck, known as "Leinkupal laticauda."

This is "the most complete discovery of this type of giant dinosaur in the world, a momentous discovery for science," said Jose Luis Carballido, one of eight scientists who participated in the research. Paul Barrett, fossils and anthropology expert at London's Natural History Museum, is more cautious about the discovery. "This is an inspiring new discovery of a truly gigantic dinosaur," Barrett said. "However, we need to know more about the overall size and proportions of the skeleton and use several different methods to investigate."