Lab Notes: Giant dino discovery fulfils a childhood dream

A new giant dinosaur has been uncovered in Thailand: the largest ever found in South-East Asia.

More than 100 million years ago, Nagatitan towered over the Earth — and has now been described by a team of researchers from the UK and Thailand.  

Jonathan Webb speaks with Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, a PhD student at University College London who was part of the team that discovered and named this prehistoric behemoth.

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Featuring:

• Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, PhD student University College London

Further information:

The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauriforms in southeast Asia

This episode of Lab Notes was produced on the lands of the Gadigal, Ngunnawal and Ngambri people.