The First Dinosaur Bone Found in Antarctica
A 40-year-old forgotten fossil has been discovered to be the first dinosaur bone found in Antarctica. This bone is a tail bone of a type of giant dinosaur called Titanosaur.

The News Of Kids
Reklamsız okumak için
Antarctica is the coldest and most remote continent on Earth. Life here is very difficult. But scientists have discovered that a fossil found in Antarctica 40 years ago is actually a dinosaur bone. This bone is a tail bone of a Titanosaur, one of the largest dinosaurs that ever existed. The fossil was found by a scientist 40 years ago, but at that time, no one knew what it was. The scientist put the fossil in a drawer and forgot about it. Later, another scientist decided to study the fossil and found out that it was the first dinosaur bone found in Antarctica. Did you know that dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago? But their fossils tell us a lot about their lives. Titanosaurs were some of the largest dinosaurs. Some of them were 15 meters tall and 30 meters long. This discovery tells scientists more about the past of Antarctica. Antarctica used to be a very different place. Dinosaurs lived here, but then the climate changed and the dinosaurs became extinct. Kids, what do you want to know about dinosaurs? How did they live? What did they eat? How did they become extinct? The answers to these questions are hidden in fossils and scientists' research. This discovery encourages kids to think more about science and history. They might want to learn more about dinosaurs and fossils, which can help them learn more about science and history.
📰 Source:BBC Newsround