World's Largest Assembled Dinosaur Skeleton

July 14, 2009

Paleontologists in Japan have just put together a Mamenchisaurus skeleton for a dinosaur exhibit at a suburban Tokyo exhibition hall. According to multiple media reports, the assembled skeleton, measuring close to 115 feet long, represents the world's largest dinosaur skeleton on public display.

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According to Yuji Takakuwa, assistant curator of paleontology at the Gunma Museum of Natural History, he and his colleagues were surprised that this dinosaur turned out to be so big.

Dinosaur experts previously thought an 80-foot-long Manenchisaurus was the largest ever discovered. When Takakuwa and his team restored this latest skeleton, they were blown away.

"I can say that this is the biggest dinosaur," Takakuwa beamed.

To see footage of the skeleton and its assembly, please watch this BBC video clip.