Giant 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton found in France

In an unbelievable turn of events, a chance discovery has unveiled a rare specimen in France which is an almost complete dinosaur skeleton, spanning from its hind skull to its tail.

Discovered in May 2022, by 25-year-old amateur paleontologist Damien Boschetto and his dog while walking in a forest in Montouliers, France, stumbled upon this massive fossil. As per the reports, Boschetto noticed a collapsed cliff edge and spotted an exposed bone sticking out of the ground.
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The Archaeological and Paleontological Cultural Association at the Cruzy Museum, in collaboration with the French National Center for Scientific Research, identified the nearly 10-meter-long (32.8-foot-long) fossil as a Titanosaur skeleton during excavation.

Boschetto, a member of the association for eight years, expressed that uncovering dinosaur remains is always intriguing for scientific research and understanding ecosystems of the past. However, discovering bones in their almost original anatomical position makes this find extraordinary.


The Archaeological and Paleontological Cultural Association, founded in 1975 to preserve the heritage around the village of Cruzy, comprises history and archaeology enthusiasts who have become enlightened amateurs in paleontology due to the area's abundance of dinosaur fossils. The association, consisting of region inhabitants, scientists, and students, has been excavating the site, referred to as a bone bed, for the past two years.
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The recently revealed 70% complete Titanosaur skeleton was retrieved during the excavation, along with fossils of various dinosaurs and vertebrates. These included a Rhabdodon, a herbivore similar to the Titanosaur, and fragments from skeletons of carnivores such as Theropods and crocodiles. The Titanosaur skeleton currently resides in the Cruzy Museum’s laboratory for further study.

Titanosaurs, belonging to the sauropod family of long-necked herbivores, roamed the earth from the Late Jurassic Epoch to the end of the Cretaceous Period. While Titanosaur fossils are commonly found in Europe, few are discovered in anatomical connection, making this find particularly significant.
The finding of the complete specimen will aid in determining whether it represents a new species or a new specimen of a known species. Further research on the fossils and the area is planned, with hopes of creating a museum to house and present these collections.