"Shiva 'The Destroyer': Unearthing an Enormous Dinosaur"

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A newly discovered 98-foot-long dinosaur named Bustingorrytitan shiva, after the Hindu god Shiva, is one of the largest titanosaurs ever recorded, weighing an estimated 74 tons. The fossils were found in western Argentina, and the discovery suggests the coexistence of different lineages of gigantic titanosaurs in the region during the middle Cretaceous period. The species name "shiva" references the Hindu deity who destroys and transforms the universe, and the findings shed light on a turnover event in the Cretaceous period.
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