CNN News:古生物学家在阿根廷发现雷龙化石

Today, the biggest animal on land is the African elephant. It can grow to be 13 feet high, and weigh 14,000 pounds. That`s nothing when you compare it to Titanosaur. Scientists believe this thing was as long as two tractor trailers and weigh 180,000 pounds. They recently got some perspective on how big that is from fossils in South America.

如今世界上最大的陆地动物是非洲象，它可以生长到13英尺高，重达14,000磅。这和雷龙比起来还是不足挂齿。科学家认为这个大家伙有两个拖拉机拖车那么大，重达180,000磅。最近他们从南美洲发现的化石中找到了一些答案。

Godzilla is back on top of the box office, and while this gigantic lizard is just a fiction, this may have been the real Godzilla of its day. Small by movie standards, but likely the biggest dinosaur to ever roam the planet.

哥斯拉荣登票房首位，但是这种巨型蜥蜴只存在于科幻小说，而这个大家伙才是真正的哥斯拉。虽然比电影标准要小，但是却是地球上有史以来最大的恐龙。

This is the largest femur known from any animal that has walked on Earth.

这是已知地球上所有行走动物中最大的股骨。

This giant thigh bone, a part of an amazing discovery in Argentina where paleontologists say they`ve uncovered the fossilized remains of a new species of Titanosaur. A gigantic dinosaur that lived some 95 million years ago, had a long neck and long tail, worked on four legs and ate plants. Scientists call it a truly colossal creature weighing the same as 14 elephants.

这个巨大的大腿骨是古生物学家在阿根廷惊人发现的一部分，并表示他们发现了雷龙化石遗迹的新物种。这种巨型恐龙生活在9500万年前，拥有长脖子和长尾巴，靠四条腿走路，以食植物为生。科学家称这才是真正巨型生物，足足有14头大象那样重。

This animal measured up to 40 meters long, and with the head upright would have measured 20 meters tall. Equivalent to a seven-story building, which is surely the height at which they ate.

经测量，这种动物有40米长，头部抬起的话有20米高，近乎一栋七层楼房的高度，也肯定就是他们所吃植物的高度。

Paleontologists say that Titanosaur was found in a massive field of fossils, a virtual dinosaur cemetery. They found at least seven more sets of remains and hundreds more bones. Some of which are now on display at a nearby museum.

古生物学家说雷龙在一堆恐龙化石中被发现，实际上就是恐龙墓地。他们发现了至少七个化石遗体，数以百计的骨头。它们中的一些现在正在附近博物馆进行展览。

Experts are related calling the discovery a treasure trove of information providing new insights into an ancient chapter of earth history.

专家称这一发现是发现了信息宝库可以为了解古代地球历史提供更多新信息。