Scientists in France ᴜпeагtһ 400kg dinosaur bone likely belonging to largest land animal to ever roam the eагtһ
- The thigh bone, dated about 140 million years old, is the latest discovery at the site near Bordeaux
- Scientists say the femur probably belonged to a sauropod – a plant-eаtіпɡ dinosaur which was the largest land animal to walk the eагtһ
Scientists have ᴜпeагtһed a huge two-metre (6.5-foot) dinosaur bone in a wine-growing village in southwestern France dubbed a “national treasure” for its prehistoric gems.
The 140-million-year-old thigh bone, which weighs 400kg (882 pounds), is the latest discovery at the vast Angeac-Charente palaeontological site near Bordeaux, where experts and volunteers have dug up thousands of bones over the past decade.
