Article A6YY Britain's oldest dinosaur fossil found on North Yorkshire coast

Britain's oldest dinosaur fossil found on North Yorkshire coast

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Experts say they have identified 176m-year-old sauropod from fossil backbone discovered on a beach at Whitby

Experts say they have identified Britain's oldest sauropod dinosaur from a fossil bone discovered on the North Yorkshire coast.

The dinosaur backbone - which dates back about 176m years to the Middle Jurassic period - was found on a beach at Whitby after it fell out of a cliff face.

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