NEW SPECIES
of dinosaurs are being discovered
all the time. A ! er studying the bones they had dug up, Diego, José, and their colleagues realized that not only was this titanosaur the biggest dinosaur that had ever been found, it was actually an entirely new species of titanosaur! In August 2017, the titanosaur was given its o " cial scientific name, Patagotitan mayorum . Patago came from where it was discovered, Patagonia, and mayorum came from the ranch owner’s family name, Mayo.
Back at the museum, the team unloaded the truck and carefully sawed off the plaster jackets. Then they began gently cleaning the bones. José and Diego looked around their lab, which was now crowded with more than 180 titanosaur bones! The work continued as each bone was studied to see what secret it might reveal.
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