The remains of a dinosaur, Brontomerus Mcintoshi, labelled ‘thunder thighs’, have been discovered in a quarry in Utah.
The giant dinosaur is thought to have had very powerful thighs with leg muscles strong enough to give its predators a good kicking.
The ancient beast was the size of an elephant, weighed about six tonnes and about 14m in length.
The Brontomerus, though not a meat eater, would have been able to do substantial damage its T-Rex like predator.
‘Thunder thighs’ is classified in the same group of long-necked sauropod dinosaurs which includes the Diplodocus.
Dr Mike Taylor from the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London spoke about the excitement surrounding the discovery of the dinosaur.
‘What’s so special about it is that from its skeleton we can guess at its behavioural habits – which is a novelty,’ said Taylor.
The fossils of the adult and juvenile Brontomerus are thought to have lived about 110 million years ago.