For years, it sat unnoticed among thousands of geological specimens, catalogued and stored without attracting much attention. The fossil had been collected during an expedition to Antarctica in the mid-1980s and then quietly placed within a museum collection, where it remained for nearly four decades.Only recently did a closer examination reveal that the modest-looking specimen carried far greater significance than anyone had realised.

Se trata de una parte de la cola de un titanosaurio, un grupo que incluía a los dinosarios más grandes que han existido en la Tierra

fossil that remained unnoticed in a museum drawer for nearly four decades has been identified as the first dinosaur bone ever discovered in Antarctica, offering scientists new…