Step aside, Argentinosaurus. There's a new dino in town -- and he's ginormous.
Paleontologists in Argentina unearthed what they believe to be the 95- to 100-million-year-old fossils of the "biggest dinosaur ever," according to the BBC.
Based on its thigh bones, the massive prehistoric creature was 130 feet long, 65 feet tall and weighed an estimated 85 tons (77 metric tons) -- that's as heavy as 14 African elephants.
"Given the size of these bones, which surpass any of the previously known giant animals, the new dinosaur is the largest animal known that walked on Earth," the scientists told the BBC.
'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered in Argentina http://t.co/twuOBNyC1W pic.twitter.com/WzhS5MobYv— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 17, 2014
Led by Jose Luis Carballido and Diego Pol, the team of paleontologists believe it is a new species of titanosaur, a herbivorous member of the sauropod dinosaurs. Its age means the dinosaur would've lived in the Late Cretaceous period.
While it does not yet have a name, scientists said the dinosaur "will be named describing its magnificence and in honor to both the region and the farm owners who alerted us about the discovery."
BBC also includes a video of the two scientists discovering just how big the dinosaur is. Check it out, here.
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