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Scotland's earliest and most complete dinosaur fossil has been formally identified and described, marking a milestone in paleontological research. The fossil, known as the Elgol dinosaur ...

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This fossil, nicknamed the "Elgol dinosaur" after the village near where it was found, is now considered the most complete dinosaur fossil ever discovered in Scotland, as well as being the ...

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"Finally we can confirm and publish Scotland's first recorded and most complete dinosaur, and that makes it all worthwhile." After the fossil was removed from the cliff, it was studied in a lab.

A Jurassic dinosaur fossil has been extracted from the base of a cliff on the Isle of Skye where it was found more than 50 years ago. The fossil known as the Elgol dinosaur was discovered in 1973 ...

Did you know about the amazing fossil discoveries that have happened in New Jersey? Among them are the first tyrannosaur (not ...