Antarctica dinosaur fossil discovery : A forgotten fossil that sat in a museum drawer for around 40 years has finally revealed a major dinosaur discovery from Antarctica, reshaping what scientists know about the southern continent’s ancient past.
The specimen, an 82-million-year-old fossilized tail vertebra, is now recognized as the first dinosaur fossil ever recovered from Antarctica, according to a study published on June 29 in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, as per a report. It belonged to a titanosaur, part of a group of massive, long-necked, four-legged plant-eating dinosaurs.
