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Largest ever dinosaur may have been as long as 7 elephants

8 August 2017

Analysis of fossils from six Patagotitan mayorum dinosaurs suggests the animals may have weighed 62 tonnes and measured more than 35 metres from nose to tail

Bird caught in amber 100 million years ago is best ever found

7 June 2017

A hatchling exquisitely preserved in amber is giving us the best glimpse yet of what an extinct group of birds was like

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Largest ever dinosaur may have been as long as 7 elephants

Bird caught in amber 100 million years ago is best ever found

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