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A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer
Scientists discovered a rare titanosaur dinosaur tail fossil in Antarctica, found in 1985 but identified decades later from a drawer. The fossil, collected during an expedition to James Ross Island, was confirmed as a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in a forested Antarctica millions of years ago.
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