{"id":32132,"date":"2023-09-29T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T10:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b2e5e8e7-6ab3-4b64-b67a-e9a17231ae1c"},"modified":"2023-09-29T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T12:36:59","slug":"patagotitan-mayorum-meet-the-largest-dinosaur-to-have-ever-roamed-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/patagotitan-mayorum-meet-the-largest-dinosaur-to-have-ever-roamed-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Patagotitan mayorum: Meet the largest dinosaur to have ever roamed the earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Sarah McPherson\n <\/p>

Published: Friday, 29 September 2023 at 10:39 AM<\/p>

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Millions of years ago, Earth was ruled by giants. Pterosaurs with 12m wingspans darkened the skies, dragonflies<\/a> the size of widescreen televisions buzzed among the undergrowth and sauropods the length of a jumbo jet browsed the treetops.<\/p>

And there was one that was probably bigger than them all: the Cretaceous colossus that was the dinosaur Patagotitan mayorum<\/em>, whose replica skeleton currently fills the Waterhouse Gallery at the Natural History Museum.\u00a0<\/p>