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science · New Dispatch
The dinosaur fossil was unearthed on December 9, 1985, by geologist Dr Mike Thomson during an expedition to James Ross Island.
“His entry included a small sketch alongside a description noting it as the "vertebra of a large reptile" measuring roughly 10 centimetres across. The original team suspected they had found remains of…”
about 10 centimetres
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science · BBC
Geologist Dr Mike Thomson recorded in his field notebook on 9 December 1985 that the fossil was about 10cm wide.
“Alongside a tiny, neat sketch of the fossil dated 9 December 1985 he has written "vertebra of large reptile", noting it was about 10cm wide.”
about 10 cm
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