Posted on Aug 30, 2022
Europe's largest dinosaur skeleton may have been hiding in a Portuguese backyard
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Fulfilling the dreams of child paleontologists everywhere, the skeletal remains of a possible sauropod, the group that includes the iconic brachiosaurus genus, have been found in a backyard. The 82-foot-long skeleton was uncovered in Pombal, a city in central Portugal.
Europe's largest dinosaur skeleton may have been hiding in a Portuguese backyard
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That is an amazing discovery. I will have to pay more attention when I am digging in the back yard
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“Sauropods were long-necked, long-tailed, herbivorous dinosaurs that stood on four legs (or quadrupedal). The smallest sauropods stood at about 50 feet and the largest (Brachiosaurus) standing at an astounding 98 feet tall and weighed over 170,000 pounds.”
It’s amazing, to think that those beasts once lived on Earth among mankind. But, so did giants (Genesis 6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+6%3A+1-11&version=NKJV
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It’s amazing, to think that those beasts once lived on Earth among mankind. But, so did giants (Genesis 6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+6%3A+1-11&version=NKJV
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