The first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica remained almost 40 years forgotten in a British Antarctic Service drawer. A review identified a vertebrae of a 82 million-year-old Titanosaur.
A bone discovered almost 40 years ago during a British scientific expedition has been officially identified as the first dinosaur fossil ever found in Antarctica. The finding is a vertebrae of a titanosaur, a group of sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the largest terrestrial animals ever to exist. ANNOUNCEMENT The fossil was discovered in 1985 by British Antarctic Service (BAS) geologist Mike Thomson, during an expedition to James Ross Is…