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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Ian Sample Science editor

‘Gargantuan’: China fossils reveal 70-tonne dinosaur had 15-metre neck

A rendering of the sauropod known as Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, a herbivore that roamed what is now east Asia.
A rendering of the sauropod known as Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, a herbivore that roamed what is now east Asia. Photograph: Júlia d Oliveira/Natural History Museum

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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