A new dinosaur species called Supersaurus might be the longest dinosaur in the world with a length of 42 m from nose to tail, Brian Curtice, a paleontologist at the Arizona Museum of Natural History said on Live Science on Monday.

Supersaurus is a diplodocid, a long-necked sauropod whose whip-like tail went on for days. Supersaurus has always been viewed as one of longest dinosaurs, but research now shows that “this is the longest dinosaur based on a decent skeleton,” as other dinosaur remains are fragmentary, and it’s challenging to accurately estimate their lengths, said Curtice who is spearheading the research.

When Supersaurus was alive about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period, its length was about 39 – 42 m from snout to tail, Curtice’s new research found.

The dinosaur would have been longer than another contender — Diplodocus, which could reach lengths of 33 m, according to a 2006 study in the new Mexico Museum of Natural History and History Bulletin.

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