Article 6HJAZ Calls for reptile star of Attenborough hit to be named after man who found it

Calls for reptile star of Attenborough hit to be named after man who found it

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Steven Morris
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Complaints amateur fossil hunter Philip Jacobs was airbrushed' from BBC film about pliosaur discovery

A campaign has been launched to have a reptile that starred in Sir David Attenborough's latest blockbuster documentary named after the amateur fossil hunter who found it, after complaints he was airbrushed" from the BBC show.

Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster, which won widespread acclaim, has been criticised for only mentioning the finder of the pliosaur skull, Philip Jacobs, in the credits at the end of the programme.

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