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This is one of the toe bones of what was to prove to be an enormous dinosaur.
這是一塊趾骨，已證實屬于一種大型恐龍
Rodolfo had recognized that the bone was from a meat-eater,
Rodolfo認出這塊骨頭屬于一只食肉恐龍
and the following year he persuaded Phil Currie to join him in Patagonia, to try and find the rest of the skeleton.
第二年，他邀請Philip Currie到巴塔哥尼亞來，和他一起尋找剩下的骨骼
When we got there, we actually found the level where the bones were coming from.
我們到那兒后，竟然找到了骨骼所在的地層
As we dug in that level, we realized there was a good part of a skeleton there.
我們挖開地層后發現這是一具非常好的骨骼
It far surpassed our expectations.
大大出乎我們的意料
Phil and Rodolfo thought the bones belonged to the giant carnivore Giganotosaurus.
Philip和Rodolfo認為這是南方巨獸龍的骨骼
But as they examined their new discoveries, they noticed that the bones had different shapes from those of Giganotosaurus.
但當他們檢測這些新發現的骨骼時，他們注意到這些骨骼的形狀與南方巨獸龍的有所不同
These differences in the shape of the bones are a clue for a paleontologist to identify a new species.
骨骼形狀上的差異是古生物學家鑒別新物種的線索
And the shape is telling us that we are dealing with a new species of meat-eater.
它們的形狀說明我們正在挖掘一種新的食肉恐龍
Then they began to measure the bones of their new beast.
后來他們開始測量這種新型巨獸的骨骼
They were bigger than any meat-eater bones ever found anywhere in the world.
它們比迄今發現的所有食肉動物的骨骼都要大
Bigger than T-rex, bigger even than Giganotosaurus.
比霸王龍大，甚至比南方巨獸龍還要大
Our estimate showd that a full-sized Tyrannosaurus rex was somewhere between 12 and 13 meters in total length.
我們估計成年霸王龍可能約有12～13米長
That means that the new one was somewhere between 14 and 15 meters.
這意味著這種新恐龍可能有14～15米長
