Scientists think they’ve identified the longest dinosaur #shorts

Scientists think they’ve identified the longest known dinosaur to ever roam the planet.

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[RagingBacon]

If they find a bigger one they're gonna have to call it superdupersaurus

[SAOS]

When will they ironically name one of these group of dinosaurs tinysaurus? They're running out of words that mean 'big'.

[nichtrichtigrum]

For those who don't use freedom units: it's between 39 and 42 m long

[_spartan]

Can’t wait until they find an even longer one. Looking forward to ultrasauris.

[ChinnuSped]

the name of this dinosaur seems like a name given to it by a new intern that forgot to complete their assignment and made last minute adjustments

[frankensteinlives]

"they could have tried a little harder" lmao

[C.u.d.s]

Breaking News: Paleontologists -Archeologists- find new SuperDuperSaurus

[hilmahenttu]

Me, an uncivilised barbarian, would appreciate if you added the metrics in these too ❤️

[omnijack]

To be fair, I think it sounds better than Longosaurus, which *might* have been my first pick.

[therealdarklizzy]

2 years from now: "Scientists announce discovery of Hypersaurus."

[risel]

Wait, hasn't the name Supersaurus been around since at least the 1970s?

[Mhill]

"They found the new longest dinosaur ever, it's called the Supersaurus, " sounds like something my 7 year old son would make up

[seraaron]

Honestly I'm suprised there wasn't already a dinosaur called 'supersaurus', so that's pretty rad!

[DeadpoolE]

So I know what he's talking about. Back in 2014, there was a neck vertebrae of a Sauropod found in Canada dating back to the Late Jurassic which was 4.5 feet long. Called BYU 9024, it was at first considered to belong to a giant individual in the Barosaurus genus, but was considered possible Supersaurus material. The estimates for this beast is 148 ft and 60 t.

[TragoudistrosMPH]

Someone set us on a tragic(ally hilarious) future naming convention 😁

[SpruceGoo]

What do you call a strip mall owned by a T-Rex?




A DINOSTORE!

[zaidlacksalastname]

Imagine if the supersaurus fossil was a baby

[brigidtheirish]

I sometimes wonder if some of these extra-enormous species are actually individuals of another species suffering from gigantism.

Probably not, but I do wonder. Especially when we don't have complete skeletons.

[bazza]

If you stomped on its tail, it took a month for the pain signals to reach its brain and another seven days for it to go "OUCH!"

[Hawkpelt]

It's absolutely mind boggling to me that we have as many fossils as we do, and yet it was still a RARE occurrence!!