SMRTR Science & EngineeringJul 1, 2026Live Science

Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever

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A backbone fossil found in Antarctica in 1985 was originally mistaken for a marine reptile, but new CT scan analysis confirms it belonged to a titanosaur — the group containing Earth's largest-ever land animals. The 82-million-year-old discovery helps explain how dinosaurs spread across ancient southern continents.

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