埃迪卡拉纪从六亿三千五百万年前持续到五亿四千二百万年前，是近一个多世纪以来科学家命名的第一个新的地质时期。

The Ediacaran Period, from 635 to 542 million years ago, is the first new geological period to be named in more than a century.

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自上世纪80年代和法国科学家联手开展研究以来，泰国古生物学家们记录了五个恐龙新属种和六个以前未知的物种。

Paleontologists have documented five new genuses of dinosaurs and six previously unknown species since research began in the 1980s in partnership with French scientists.

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然而，走近一看却发现它是一个庞然大物：高约327英尺(100米)，或者说它是美国20世纪70年代初发射363英尺(111米)高的土星五号卫星火箭以来发射的最大火箭。

But up close, it's huge: about 327 ft. (100 m) tall, or the biggest thing the U.S. has launched since the 363-ft. (111 m) Saturn V moon rockets of the early 1970s.

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