Dinosaur remains in Portuguese garden could be Europe’s largest ever find

Researchers excavate the fossilised ribs of a sauropod at the Monte Agudo paleontological site in Pombal, Portugal. Photograph: Instituto Dom Luiz (Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal)

The remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe have been uncovered in a back garden in Portugal.

Excavation work began in the garden in the city of Pombal in 2017, when the owner of the property noticed fragments of fossilised bone and contacted researchers from the University of Lisbon.