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In fact, in the time of the long-neck Argentinosaurus, scientists could find no trace of any large meat-eaters stalking the continent.
事實上，在阿根廷龍的時代，科學家們尚未發現大型食肉恐龍在這塊大陸上的遺跡
But all that was about to change.
但這一切即將改變
A few years after the discovery of Argentinosaurus,
在發現阿根廷龍幾年之后
Rodolfo and his team started exploring a new fossil location near Plaza Huincul.
Rodolfo和他的團隊開始堪察普拉薩烏因庫爾附近的另一個化石場
Little did they realize what a fearsome creature they would uncover.
不久他們便意識到他們挖掘的是一只多么可怕的動物
Buried for 95 million years, a new monster began to emerge from its rocky grave.
它埋在9500萬年前的地層中，一只新的怪物即將爬出它的巖石墓穴
When they put the bones together, they found they had uncovered their second record breaking dinosaur.
他們把骨頭拼在一起后，發現這是他們找到的第二只創紀錄的恐龍
This was a truly astonishing find.
這是一個極其驚人的發現
They found another giant, but this wasn't a long-necked plant-eater.
他們又找到了另一只大家伙，但它并不是植食蜥腳類恐龍
It was the skeleton of the biggest meat-eating dinosaur that ever lived.
這副骨骼屬于有史以來最大的食肉恐龍
It was a completely new species of animal, unrelated to the tyrannosaurs.
這是一種新的動物，與霸王龍沒有任何關系
And it was huge, the first giant carnivore ever discovered in South America.
它巨大無比，是南美洲發現的第一種大型食肉動物
They called it Giganotosaurus.
他們把它命名為“南方巨獸龍”
