08-27-2022, 10:49 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62693077
(Source: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon / Above article)
The remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever discovered in Europe are being excavated in a Portuguese back garden.
The fossilised skeleton of a sauropod was discovered in the central city of Pombal in 2017, when a man began building work on his house.
Sauropods were the biggest of all dinosaurs and the largest land animals to have ever lived.
They had long necks and tails, ate plants and walked on four legs.
Earlier this month, palaeontologists from Portugal and Spain unearthed parts of the spine and ribs of a possible brachiosaurid sauropod which suggest the huge reptile was about 12m (39ft) tall and 25m (82ft) long.
Wow, that is mightily impressive - especially for the family whose garden it was found in !
I wonder whether they'll be able to excavate it all - and if so, what they will do with it?
(Source: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon / Above article)
The remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever discovered in Europe are being excavated in a Portuguese back garden.
The fossilised skeleton of a sauropod was discovered in the central city of Pombal in 2017, when a man began building work on his house.
Sauropods were the biggest of all dinosaurs and the largest land animals to have ever lived.
They had long necks and tails, ate plants and walked on four legs.
Earlier this month, palaeontologists from Portugal and Spain unearthed parts of the spine and ribs of a possible brachiosaurid sauropod which suggest the huge reptile was about 12m (39ft) tall and 25m (82ft) long.
Wow, that is mightily impressive - especially for the family whose garden it was found in !
I wonder whether they'll be able to excavate it all - and if so, what they will do with it?
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