Experts stunned as UNKNOWN species of dinosaur weighing 10 TONS dug up

A PREVIOUSLY unknown species of 40ft-long dinosaur weighing a massive 10 tons has been uncovered in a stunning discovery.

By Rachel O'Donoghue /

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DISCOVERY: A new species of dinosaur has been found in Siberia

Palaeontologists from Russia’s Tomsk State University made the incredible find during excavations at a river bank in a village in West Siberia.

The fossilised remains belong to a previously unknown species of prehistoric monster that roamed the Earth 120 million years ago.

The skeleton is said to be a type of Sibirotitan – a group of the largest dinosaurs.

After examining its teeth and bones, scientists were able to give a description of what it might have looked like.

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HUGE: The prehistoric monster weighed at least 10 tons and was 40ft long

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    “We called it Sibirotitan astrosacralis for its size and special bone structure”

    Researchers

    At a press conference held this week to announce the discovery, it was described as having a "special" bone structure.

    The announcement said: "This is already the second kind of sauropod which has been given a scientific name in Russia and also one of the oldest forms of titanosaurs found in Asia.

    “We called it Sibirotitan astrosacralis for its size and special bone structure.”

    The fossils are currently on display at Tomask State University after the team spent a painstaking amount of time piecing the huge frame of the animal together.

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    UNKNOWN: The fossils belong to a previously unknown species of dinosaur

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      This comes just days after another species of dinosaur was found.

      The turkey-sized creature’s remains were found in a valley between Australia and Antarctica and would have lived 113 million years ago.

      A reconstruction of the tail of the dinosaur suggested it was a good runner, “with powerful leg retracting muscles”.