New dinosaur species with neck as long as cricket pitch discovered in Thailand
The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is thought to have lived about 150 million years ago.
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"the features, in particular a unique air-cavity structure, were 'unlike any other dinosaur in the world... That's what sets it apart'."
— Dr Apirat Nilphanaphan , Academic
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The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is thought to have lived about 150 million years ago.
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