Titanosaur takes New York by storm

The skeleton cast of a Titanosaur is now on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The 122-foot (37-meter) dinosaur skeleton is too long to fit in the exhibition hall, so its neck and head poke out toward the elevator banks, offering a surprise greeting when the doors open.

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A massive Titanosaur dinosaur, uncovered in the desert outside La Flecha in southern Argentina, now has a cast on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Titanosaurs were plant-eating dinosaurs that lived about 100 to 95 million years ago.

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People stand around the skeleton cast of a Titanosaur, seen during a media preview at the American Museum of Natural History in New York January 14, 2016. The new, 122-foot (37-meter) dinosaur skeleton is too long to fit in the fossil hall, so its neck and head poke out toward the elevator banks, offering a surprise greeting when the doors open.

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The skeleton cast of a Titanosaur is seen during a media preview at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, January 14, 2016.

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The Titanosaur, the largest dinosaur ever displayed at the American Museum of Natural History, is unveiled at a news conference January 14, 2016 in New York. The plant-eating dinosaur was discovered in 2014 in Argentina's Patagonia region.

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A replica of one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered is unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History on January 14, 2016 in New York City. The Titanosaur weighed about 70 tons and stretches nearly 122 feet long.

The dinosaur was discovered by paleontologists in the Patagonian Desert of Argentina in 2014. It lived about 95 t0 100 million years ago. The exhibit at the museum features bones, fossils and a fiberglass replica of the creature.

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Close-up of part of the Titanosaur skeleton. A life-size replica of the dinosaur, one of the largest ever discovered, was unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History on January 14, 2016 in New York City.

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A replica of one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered is unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History on January 14, 2016 in New York City. Titanosaur stretched 122 feet long and weighed about 70 tons.

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A replica of one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered is unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History on January 14, 2016 in New York City.

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Close-up of Titanosaur skull. The giant dinosaur weighed about 70 tons and stretched 122 feet long. It lived in what is now Argentina about 95 to 100 million years ago.

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A replica of one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered is unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History on January 14, 2016 in New York City.

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A femur bone of the Titanosaur stands next to a replica of the dinosaur, one of the largest ever discovered, at the American Museum of Natural History on January 14, 2016 in New York City. The femur, or thigh bone, measures about 8 feet long.

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Massive foot of the Titanosaur, on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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A fossil of the Titanosaur on display at the American Museum of Natural History on January 14, 2016 in New York City.

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A replica of one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered is unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History on January 14, 2016 in New York City.

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The Titanosaur, the largest dinosaur ever displayed at the American Museum of Natural History, is unveiled at a news conference January 14, 2016 in New York. The 122-foot-long dinosaur was discovered in 2014, in Argentina's Patagonia region.