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Forgotten Since 1985 in a Drawer, This Bone Finally Reveals What No One Dared to Imagine: a Titanosaur Lived in Antarctica

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A fragment of vertebrae remained for forty years in the archives of the British Antarctic Survey has revolutionized our understanding of prehistoric Antarctica. Discovered in 1985 but poorly identified, this 82 million-year-old fossil bone constitutes the first dinosaur fossil ever found on the southern continent and belonged to a titanosaur, a herbivorous giant of several tons. More
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A fragment of vertebrae remained for forty years in the archives of the British Antarctic Survey has revolutionized our understanding of prehistoric Antarctica. Discovered in 1985 but poorly identified, this 82 million-year-old fossil bone constitutes the first dinosaur fossil ever found on the southern continent and belonged to a titanosaur, a herbivorous giant of several tons. More

A discovery in the deepest south of our planet closes a gap in the puzzle of geological-climatic history, in focus: dinosaurs.

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gamestar.de broke the news on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
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