FIRST DINOSAUR BONE FOUND IN ANTARCTICA SPENT 40 YEARS IN A DRAWER

CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 29 /SRNA/ - Experts have determined that a fossil that spent 40 years lying forgotten in a drawer at the British Antarctic Survey /BAS/ is actually the first dinosaur bone ever found in Antarctica, the BBC reports.

The bone was excavated in 1985, and the team that found it was not sure what it was exactly, so it was placed in storage at the BAS, located in Cambridge.

Paleontologists have discovered that it is the tail bone of a titanosaur, a group that included some of the largest living dinosaurs.

The BBC says the new discovery will help to learn more about dinosaur life in a part of the world where there is little evidence of their existence.

The bone was spotted among other objects in storage by Dr Mark Evans.

The fossil was found on James Ross Island, and its discovery was recorded in the diary of geologist Mike Thomson.