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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Lucila Sigal

Long-necked dinosaur fossil found by Argentine scientists is one of biggest ever

FILE PHOTO: A bone that belonged to a "Chucarosaurus Diripienda", a newly discovered gigantic species of long-necked herbivorous dinosaur, is pictured next to a shovel, in Pueblo Blanco Nature Reserve, in Rio Negro, Argentina October 16, 2019. Nicolas Chimento/Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales/Handout via REUTERS

Argentine paleontologists have discovered the remains of a gigantic new species of long-necked herbivorous dinosaur in the country's southern Patagonia region, saying the beast ranks as one of the largest ever discovered.

The find in the Pueblo Blanco Nature Reserve, presented on Thursday, was first discovered by scientists in 2018. The dinosaur's bones were so big they caused the van carrying them to a Buenos Aires laboratory to tip over, though no one was injured and the remains were left intact.

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