Paleontologists Uncover Large Dinosaur Bone in Southwestern France

Paleontologists said they discovered the bone of a large dinosaur at an excavation site in southwestern France in July.

The two-meter long femur is thought to have belonged to a sauropod, a herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail.

Pierre Lavaud, a member of the paleontology group, uploaded videos to YouTube showing the discovery at the Angeac-Charente site. The first video, uploaded on July 23, shows people working around the find, while another video, shared on July 29, shows paleontologists discussing the femur.

“This is a major discovery,” Ronan Allain, a paleontologist at the National History Museum of Paris told Reuters. “I was especially amazed by the state of preservation of that femur.” Credit: Pierre Lavaud via Storyful