Remains of large dinosaur skeleton unearthed in Portugal
Skeleton of huge dinosaur unearthed in Portugal
A team of Portuguese and Spanish paleontologists unearthed the fossilized skeleton of a large sauropod dinosaur, which could be one of the largest specimens of the long-extinct animal discovered in Europe to date, in a garden in Portugal, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon said.
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Paleontologists have been working away in a Portuguese backyard to unearth the remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe, University of Lisbon researchers said.
Fossilized fragments from the dinosaur were first discovered in 2017 by a property owner in the city of Pombal in central Portugal while doing construction work.
Earlier this month, Spanish and Portuguese paleontologists worked on the site to unearth what they reckon is a dinosaur that was about 25 metres (82 feet) long and lived around 145 million years ago, the university’s Faculty of Sciences department said.
