Scientists have discovered a new type of 'giant' dinosaur and it could explain how they became so huge

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Scientists from the Universidad Nacional de San Juan in Argentina have discovered a new type of "giant" dinosaur.

The dinosaur, named Ingentia Prima, is thought to be a "missing link" between small and large dinosaurs.

The results suggest that more dinosaur species could be discovered that we still don't know about.

Further light has been shed on ideas previously proposed about how small, bipedal dinosaurs became gigantic, long-necked Sauropods, following a study recently published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Until now, researchers assumed that all types of dinosaurs grew gradually and that they all began to increase in size at roughly the same time during the Jurassic period.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Learning to celebrate failure at a young age led to this billionaire's successSee Also:NASA may have accidentally burned evidence of life on Mars almost 50 years agoA 'super telescope' has captured an astounding image of the massive black hole at the centre of our galaxyResearchers have found remarkable remains of destroyed planets in spaceSEE ALSO: Researchers have found remarkable remains of destroyed planets in space

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