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British Antarctic Survey confirms Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil, 40 years on

Friday, July 10th 2026 - 18:51 UTC
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A bone collected in Antarctica four decades ago has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found on the continent, according to a study published in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. It is a tail vertebra from a titanosaur, the group of long-necked sauropods that includes the largest land animals that ever lived. Read full article

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