New dinosaur Uragasaurus kalasinensis discovered in Thailand

scienceJul 10, 202618130

Palaeontologists in Thailand have named a new plant-eating sauropod, Uragasaurus kalasinensis, from fossils recovered in Kalasin Province. The specimen, found at the Phu Noi site and reported by Dr Apirat Nilphanaphan of Mahasarakham University, is estimated to have lived about 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic. Researchers identified the species from a single distinctive dorsal vertebra, and a CT scan assigned it to the Mamenchisauridae family, known for extremely long necks. Uragasaurus measured up to 20 m, roughly the length of a cricket pitch, and shows unique features including a Y-shaped arrangement of laminae and an unusual air-cavity structure not seen in other dinosaurs. This is the first mamenchisaurid reported from Thailand, expanding the family’s known geographic range beyond China. The study was published in the journal Nature earlier this week. The discovery follows a May report of nagatitan, another long-necked herbivore from Thailand described as South-East Asia’s largest-known dinosaur.

David Blanchflower BSc

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New dinosaur species with neck as long as cricket pitch discovered in Thailand. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Mandy Daniels2

Wouldn't it be wonderful if somebody could introduce a unified system of measurement units that we all use and understand? Please excuse me whilst I look up the conversion from cricket pitches to bananas. 🤣

Chris Ottenberg1

"thought to have lived about 150 millions years ago" If only there were ways to tell such things, some sort of dating process.

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Nice, but how long exactly is this cricket pitch that's been discovered in Thailand?

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Finding the remains of a prehistoric animal can often be an exercise in patience. That patience paid off recently when a team of paleontologists found a single vertebra in a fossil bed in Thailand. The result was a whole new species of giant dinosaur. Read more from @ScienceAlert […]

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A Whole New Species of Giant #Dinosaur Has Just Been Identified www.sciencealert.com/a-whole-new-...

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“Paleontologists in Thailand have identified a new species of giant dinosaur, Uragasaurus kalasinensis, from a single vertebra found in the Phu Kradung Formation…this long-necked sauropod lived in Southeast Asia around 143 million years ago...”

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At last! Paleontology is adopting measurements that @thebugle.bsky.social can understand. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ancient Giant Unearthed: New Dinosaur Species with Neck Like Two Commercial Buses Discovered in Thailand A remarkable discovery in Thailand has unveiled Uragasaurus kalasinensis, a plant-eating dinosaur from 150 million years ago, featuring an extraordinarily long neck, providing fresh...

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If one of them cross-bred with a Triceratops it would be a cricket pitch with stumps. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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🔍 ANGLE MORT | • TechCrunch, The Verge omet "Uragasaurus kalasinensis (dinosaur species)", mentionné par BBC World. • TechCrunch, The Verge omet "Nagatitan (dinosaur species)", mentionné par BBC World.

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New Species Of Extremely Long-Necked Dinosaur Discovered Thanks To One Tiny, Unique Fossilized Bone ->IFLScience | More on "New sauropod dinosaur species Thailand" at BigEarthData.ai | #Species #Biodiversity

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"This discovery expands the known diversity of mamenchisaurid sauropods in Southeast Asia and provides new information on the geographic distribution and evolutionary history of the clade," www.sciencealert.com/a-whole-new-...

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A new giant dinosaur: "Its name is Uragasaurus kalasinensis, and it was a long-necked sauropod... that lived in forests in SE Asia just before the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition, which began around 143 million years ago." via @sciencealert.com.web.brid.gy www.realclearscience.com/2026/07/10/u...

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