Lab Notes: Giant dino discovery fulfils a childhood dream

About this episode

This episode discusses the discovery of a giant dinosaur in Thailand, featuring insights from a PhD student involved in the research.

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. You can binge more episodes of the Lab Notes podcast with science editor and presenter Jonathan Webb on the ABC Listen app (Australia). You'll find episodes on animal behaviour, human health, space exploration and so much more. Get in touch with us: labnotes@abc.net.au 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.

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Webb

Guest: Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul

Topics covered

• dinosaur discovery
• paleontology
• research
• Thailand
• sauropod
• science

Keywords

• giant dinosaur
• Nagatitan
• paleontology
• sauropod
• Thailand
• research
• Lower Cretaceous
• somphospondylan
• titanosauriforms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University College London

Places: Thailand, South-East Asia, Australia, Khok Kruat Formation

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