Gigantic Patagotitan dinosaur's skeleton displayed at London museum

By Burak Bir

LONDON (AA) - Skeletons of Patagotitan, "the most complete gigantic dinosaur" went on display Friday for the first time in Europe at the Natural History Museum in London.

The colossal titanosaur Patagotitan mayorum is one of the largest known creatures to have ever walked our planet.

The gigantic creature is four times heavier than Dippy, the Diplodocus, and 12 meters (39 feet) longer than Hope, the blue whale, according to the Natural History Museum.

The museum brought some of the real fossil bones as well as a replica skeleton of Patagotitan which is believed to have lived 100 million years ago in South America.

The most complete gigantic dinosaur's display allowed visitors to explore the traces Patagotitan mayorum which was among the biggest animals to walk on Earth.

"Surrounded by beautiful illustrations of Cretaceous plants and animals, you'll follow the life of titanosaur, from a football-sized egg plucked from its nest to a fully grown adult, bearing the marks of an encounter with a ferocious predator that took a bite out of its tail," the museum said in a statement.

The display will be open for visitors until Jan. 7, 2024.