巴西最大恐龍化石發現逾60年後首度公開展示

Brazilian scientists last Wednesday announced the discovery of the largest dinosaurs ever found in the country, an animal that was 25 meters long.

一隊巴西科學家於上週三宣佈，他們發現了巴西國內最大的恐龍化石，該恐龍身長25米。

The dinosaur, named "Austroposeidon magnificus," belonged to the group of titanosaurs, which were herbivorous dinosaurs with a well-developed body, a long neck and tail and a relatively small skull, according to scientists at Rio de Janeiro's Earth Sciences Museum.

根據科學家在里約熱內盧的地球博物館宣佈的消息，這種恐龍名爲"Austroposeidon magnificus"，屬泰坦巨龍屬，是食草性恐龍，體型較大，頸部和尾部較長，頭顱小。

It is believed that these dinosaurs lived during the Cretaceous Period (145-66 million years ago) in regions that are currently part of South America, Africa, Antarctica and Oceania.

據說這些恐龍生活在白堊紀（約1.45億-6600萬年前），地點爲目前的南美，非洲，南極洲和大洋洲的部分地區。

Fossilized vertebrae of the dinosaur was found in the 1950s by Brazilian paleontologist Llewellyn Ivor Price, who died in 1980 without being acknowledged for this discovery.

恐龍化石的脊椎骨是由巴西古生物學家盧埃林·艾弗·普萊斯在20世紀50年代發現的，他於1980年去世，而當時他的這一發現並沒有被認可。

Since then, the fossil had been analyzed and studied until the discovery was finally announced last Wednesday.

此後，人們對化石進行了分析和研究，直到上週三這個發現才最終得到公佈。