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Samantha Beeston
Coverage of Samantha Beeston in the Nexus archive.
- Fossil kept in drawer for decades turns out to be first ever dinosaur bone discovered in Antarctica
A fossil discovered in 1985 during a British Antarctic Survey expedition has been identified as the first dinosaur bone found in Antarctica. The vertebra belongs to a Titanosaur, a long-necked herbivorous sauropod, and provides evidence of dinosaurs in Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous period. The discovery highlights the continent's ancient temperate forests and suggests potential for more dinosaur findings as ice retreats.