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Giganotosaurus is 10-15 percent more massive and longer than Tyrannosaurus rex, which for a long time was record holder.
南方巨獸龍比長久以來保持最大紀錄的霸王龍還要大10～15%
Giganotosaurus was an incredible animal, around 13 meters in length.
南方巨獸龍是令人嘆為觀止的動物，全長約為13米
And the head was huge, around one meter and 80 centimeters.
它的頭很大，大約有1.8米長
Giganotosaurus had a skull the length of a man.
南方巨獸龍的頭骨有一個人那么長
But this giant predator had one more thing to reveal.
但這種大型掠食動物，還包藏著更多的秘密
When the team dated the bones, they found Giganotosaurus lived in the Cretaceous, the time of the giant long-neck Argentinosaurus.
研究小組檢測它的骨骼后發現，南方巨獸龍生活在白堊紀，與巨大的蜥腳類阿根廷龍生活在同一時代
And the two dinosaurs were found only 80 kilometers apart.
這兩只恐龍的發現地點相距不過80公里
For the first time anywhere in the world,
這是全世界范圍內的第一次
scientists had discovered mega-carnivores and huge plant-eaters living during the same time period and in the same place.
科學家們發現大型食肉恐龍與巨型植食恐龍生活在同一時代、同一地區
This is a peculiar ecological relationship that we found in Patagonia.
我們在巴塔哥尼亞發現的是一種奇特的生態關系
Big preys and big predators.
大型獵物和大型掠食者
If we look at South America in the age of Giganotosaurus,
我們可以回瞰一下南美洲的南方巨獸龍時代
the main potential prey for this immense meat-eater is an even more immense plant-eater, the giant Argentinosaurus.
這種龐大的食肉恐龍的主要獵物是一種更龐大的植食恐龍——阿根廷龍
Could it be true that in Patagonia something unique happened?
巴塔哥尼亞是否真的會發生一些特別的事件呢
That the largest plant-eater ever came face-to-face with the largest known meat-eater in an extraordinary clash of the titans?
地球上有史以來最大的植食動物是否會與最大的食肉動物展開面對面的殊死較量呢？
