{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/6384dd56c9bee700112fea94?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"‘World’s biggest dinosaur’ roars into London ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/5883ea1e-0ebe-4d27-9746-2bf0605b19e6.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The biggest dinosaur ever discovered will have its likeness put on display at London’s Natural History Museum.</p><p>So, how did this 101-million-year-old fearsome vegetarian arrive in the capital?</p><p>It’s actually a youngster in archaeology terms after being dug up in Patagonia in 2010, and is now on loan to London from colleagues in Argentina.</p><p>At 37 metres long and 5m tall, the Titanosaur dwarfs the NHM's previous largest sauropod, much-loved Dippy the diplodocus.</p><p>Patagotitan mayorum - its Latin name - is also 12m longer than Hope, the blue whale skeleton on display in the museum’s Hintze Hall.</p><p>In fact, it was so big that a researcher was seen noticeably shorter when photographed laying next to the dinosaur's half-ton thigh bone.</p><p>Now, the titanosaur will take up residence in the Waterhouse Gallery, with 280 original bones cast from the Patagonia dig.</p><p>The Leader speaks with Sinéad Marron, the Natural History Museum’s Titanosaur exhibition lead.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}