Angeac-Charente (France) (AFP) - Scientists have unearthed a huge two-metre (6.5-foot) dinosaur bone in a winegrowing village in southwestern France dubbed a "national treasure" for its prehistoric gems. The 140-million-year-old thigh bone, which weighs 400 kilogrammes (880 pounds), is the
Angeac-Charente - Scientists have unearthed a huge two-metre dinosaur bone in a winegrowing village in southwestern France dubbed a"national treasure" for its prehistoric gems.
"We were wondering how big it was. We kept saying, 'Oh, there's more!'" said Maxime Lasseron, the doctoral student who made the gigantic discovery. Tests will now compare the femur to another thigh bone discovered in 2010 to find out if they belonged to the same type of sauropod or even the same creature.
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