Friday, May 06, 2016

A Successful Antarctic Fossil Finding Expedition

A team of scientists from around the world have uncovered more than a tonne of fossils and dinosaur remains while on an extremely gruelling and frosty expedition to Antarctica.

Fossils from the end of the age of dinosaurs, some of which were estimated to be 71 million years old, were discovered including many marine reptile remains.

"[We found] things like plesiosaurs and mosasaurs — a type of marine lizard made famous by the recent film Jurassic World," said Dr Steve Salisbury from the University of Queensland, who took part in the mission.

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