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A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer
A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, discovered in 1985 and stored in a drawer, was identified as belonging to a titanosaur. The fossil, a tail bone, was found by geologist Mike Thomson during an expedition and later confirmed by paleontologist Mark Evans and researchers as a dinosaur. The study was published in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
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- The bone hidden in a drawer for 40 years that turned out to be Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil: Rediscovered remains belonged to a titanosaur - the largest animal to ever walk the Earth