Dinosaur used to prop up tractor

19 May 1999

Dinosaur used to prop up tractor

SOME old bones used by a French farmer to prop up his tractor have been found to belong to the largest flesh-eating dinosaur ever discovered in France.

Jean-Claude Guilhaumon, whose vineyard is near Languedoc, thought the bones were useful for preventing his tractor from rolling downhill.

• The Times 19/05/02/99 page 13