Remains of large dinosaur skeleton unearthed in Portugal(1/5)

A view during a phase of the excavation works of a partial skeleton of a sauropod dinosaur at the Monte Agudo fossil site, in Pombal, Portugal, in this handout taken on August 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

The remains could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe, University of Lisbon researchers said.

The skeleton belonged to a sauropod -- a group of plant-eating, four-legged species of dinosaur characterised by long necks and tails, the researchers said.

A view during a phase of the excavation works of a partial skeleton of a sauropod dinosaur at the Monte Agudo fossil site, in Pombal, Portugal, in this handout taken on August 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

A view during a phase of the excavation works of a partial skeleton of a sauropod dinosaur at the Monte Agudo fossil site, in Pombal, Portugal, in this handout taken on August 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

A view during a phase of the excavation works of a partial skeleton of a sauropod dinosaur at the Monte Agudo fossil site, in Pombal, Portugal, in this handout taken on August 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

A view during a phase of the excavation works of a partial skeleton of a sauropod dinosaur at the Monte Agudo fossil site, in Pombal, Portugal, in this handout taken on August 2022. (Photo/Agencies)