Fossil find after fossil find has shown that dinosaurs were a wide variety of shapes and sizes, with some of the most substantial morphological variations of any animal in the terrestrial world. While the largest towered over the treetops, the smallest resembled nothing more than tiny, scampering lizards, not a full inch from tip to tail.
Scientists Discover the Biggest Dinosaur in Europe
Found in Portugal, the fossilized dino appears to be a sauropod, one of the largest animals to live on land.
By Sam Walters
Aug 30, 2022 7:30 PM
Between 1-10 August 2022, a team of Portuguese and Spanish paleontologists has been working at the paleontological site in Pombal, Portugal. (Credit: Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon)
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