Palaeontologists may have found a hitherto undiscovered dinosaur species when they unearthed the remains of a 120 million-year-old giant animal near the village of Morella in eastern Spain.

Jose Miguel Gasulla, the leader of the scientists involved in the excavation in the Valencia region, was hopeful that they will eventually recover most of the remains unearthed of a Sauropod dinosaur linked to the Brachiosaurus family.

Scientists believe the region, known as the Maestrazgo, is rich in dinosaur remains.