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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Steven Morris

‘Truly unique find’: part of Swindon Stegosaur returns to Wiltshire town

Volunteers at Museum & Art Swindon with the stegosaur vertebra.
Volunteers at Museum & Art Swindon with the stegosaur vertebra. Photograph: Swindon borough council

The spectacular remains of the first stegosaur to be described by scientists – discovered in a clay pit in Swindon in 1874 – are on display in the grand surroundings of the Natural History Museum in London.

But 150 years on, a little piece of the Swindon Stegosaur has been returned to the Wiltshire town, after two fossil hunters spotted one of its vertebrae for sale on an online marketplace site.

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