Britain's oldest dinosaur set to rise from its rocky tomb
Lottery funding will finally allow scientists to extract and study the 'Bristol Dinosaur', which roamed the Earth more than 210m years agoBritain's oldest dinosaur will at last be revealed, after being entombed in rock for more than 210m years.A specimen of Thecondontosaurus antiquus was discovered by excavators at a quarry in Bristol in 1834, and at the time was only the fourth dinosaur to be found anywhere in the world.These remains were displayed in the Bristol City Museum but were mostly destroyed during second world war bombing raids. Further specimens of the same species were found in 1975 encased in rock at the nearby Tytherington quarry and became known as the "Bristol Dinosaur".Until now the bones have been trapped in the limestone-like rock but, thanks to a £295,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, scientists will be able to extract and study the fossils for the first time."It's one of...
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