{"id":3725,"date":"2026-03-14T02:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/?page_id=3725"},"modified":"2026-03-14T02:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:30:38","slug":"nova-especie-gigante-de-dinossauro-descoberta-no-brasil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/?page_id=3725","title":{"rendered":"A new giant dinosaur species discovered in Brazil is related to another one discovered in Spain."},"content":{"rendered":"
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An employee works at the excavation site where dinosaur bones were found in Davinopolis, Maranhao state, Brazil, April 28, 2021. Giovani de Toledo Viecili<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\r\n\tBrazilian scientists have identified a new species of giant dinosaur that lived approximately 120 million years ago<\/strong><\/p>

Called Dasosaurus tocantinensis, this animal is one of the largest ever found in the country and belongs to the group of sauropods, those long-necked dinosaurs that fed on plants.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe fossils were discovered in 2021 during infrastructure work near the city of Davin\u00c3\u00b3polis, in Maranh\u00c3\u00a3o, in northeastern Brazil.<\/p>

\r\nThe research was led by Elver Mayer of the Federal University of the S\u00c3\u00a3o Francisco Valley, with the participation of other paleontologists, such as Leonardo Kerber.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nAmong the pieces found is a femur approximately 1.5 meters long.<\/p>

\r\nBased on this, experts estimate that the animal reached approximately 20 meters in total length-equivalent to the length of two articulated buses together.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe name Dasosaurus tocantinensis refers to the region where the remains were found, including the Tocantins River, which runs nearby.<\/p>

\r\nThe study was recently published in the scientific journal Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nWhat makes this discovery even more interesting is its connection to prehistoric Europe.<\/p>

\r\nAnalyses showed that this dinosaur is a close relative of another species, Garumbatitan morellensis, discovered in Spain.<\/p>

\r\nThis indicates that, at that time, there were land routes connecting parts of South America, Africa, and Europe-before the Atlantic Ocean fully opened and separated these continents.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThis connection allowed groups of giant herbivorous dinosaurs to spread between these territories about 130 million years ago.<\/p>

\r\nThe new species helps to better understand how these animals migrated and how the continents were joined in the distant past.

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