‘Truly unique find’: part of Swindon Stegosaur returns to Wiltshire town
by Steven Morris from Science | The Guardian on (#6TW9H)
Vertebra spotted by fossil hunters on online marketplace is part of first stegosaur ever described by scientists
The spectacular remains of the first stegosaur to be described by scientists - discovered in a clay pit in Swindon in 1874 - are on display in the grand surroundings of the Natural History Museum in London.
But 150 years on, a little piece of the Swindon Stegosaur has been returned to the Wiltshire town, after two fossil hunters spotted one of its vertebrae for sale on an online marketplace site.
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