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Dinosaur senior: Enormous skeleton will go on show at history museum - Daily Mail
Nov 27, 2022 1 min, 9 secs

For those wondering how big the Natural History Museum's new dinosaur is, the clue is in the name.

The London museum's patagotitan, uncovered in South America, was estimated to be 121ft long and weigh 65 tons.

Dr Alex Burch, director of public programmes at the Museum says, 'We are so excited that Patagotitan, the most complete giant dinosaur ever discovered, is making its European debut here at the Natural History Museum, the home of the dinosaur. .

The London museum's patagotitan, uncovered in South America, was estimated to be 121ft long and weigh 65 tons.

The cast of Patagotitan mayorum has been provided to the Museum by the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio (MEF), Argentina

When it was unveiled at the Natural History Museum in London in 1905, the cast became a star, and has since featured in newspaper cartoons, news reports and even played starring roles in film and television

Dippy, the Dinosaur is a cast of a Dipolodocus skeleton made in the early 1900s from an original in Pennsylvania, USA. When it was unveiled in London 1905, the cast became a star, and has since featured in newspaper cartoons, news reports and even played starring roles in film and television

Pictured is the cast at London's Natural History Museum in 1905

Dippy had been on display at the Natural History Museum since the early 1900s, and was mostly recently shown in the Hintze Hall in the museum's entrance from 1979 to 2017

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