A team of international researchers has named a remarkable new species of long-necked dinosaur from Thailand. Uragasaurus kalasinensis is the first formally described member of the Mamenchisauridae from Thailand. Although the fossil evidence consists of a single vertebra, the bone preserves a unique combination of anatomical features that enabled scientists to identify an entirely new
Read full articleA. Nilpanapan, S. Manitkoon, and V. Suteethorn, K. Lauprasert. 2026. A new mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Lower Phu Kradung Formation, Upper Jurassic of northeastern Thailand. Scientific Reports 16(1):21205:1-16
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-49822-3 ↗