A rare dinosaur fossil, a tail bone from a long-necked, plant-eating titanosaur, has finally been identified decades after its initial discovery, having been tucked away in a drawer. The species of the dinosaur remains unknown.
The bone was first unearthed in 1985 during an expedition to Antarctica's James Ross Island by geologist Mike Thomson. Working with the British Antarctic Survey, Thomson was mapping the region's rock layers and collecting marine reptile fossils for dating purposes, recording the find simply as a large reptile.
