Rare intact plesiosaur fossil discovered in Queensland
Three amateur palaeontologists have uncovered a rare 100-million-year-old long-necked marine reptile fossil in outback Western Queensland. Credit: QUEENSLAND MUSEUM/PR IMAGE
It looks like something from the Land Before Time, but it's a fossil that's been found by a trio of amateur palaeontologists in outback Queensland. Researchers hope to learn more about the 100 million-year-old elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur, after excavating the creature's remains.
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