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Dinosaur Skeleton Found In Portugal Man’s Backyard Could Be Europe’s Largest Ever Find: Report

The remains are believed to belong to a sauropod dinosaur.The remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe have been uncovered in man's back garden in Portugal. According to BBC, the skeleton was discovered in the central city of Pombal in 2017, when a man began building work on his house and noticed fragments of fossilised bone. Spanish and Portuguese palaeontologists then excavated the dinosaur in August this year. They believe that the fossilised skeleton is of a sauropod, which were herbivorous, four-legged creatures who had long necks and tails. Sauropods were the biggest of all dinosaurs and the largest land animals ever to have lived. Experts informed that they lived during the Upper Jurassic period which was around 150 million years ago. Also Read | Scienti...