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A Forgotten Bone in a Drawer is Actually a Huge Antarctic Dinosaur Fossil!

Tuesday 30 June 2026 β€’Newsround (BBC)
A Forgotten Bone in a Drawer is Actually a Huge Antarctic Dinosaur Fossil!

Photo: Narciso Arellano / Unsplash

Scientists have just realized that a dusty old bone sitting in a drawer for forty years is the first dinosaur fossil ever found in freezing Antarctica! This incredible tail bone belonged to a Titanosaur, a plant-eating giant that was part of the biggest dinosaur family to ever walk the Earth. Imagine what other amazing treasures might be hiding in old museum drawers right now!
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