British scientists have identified a vertebra tucked in a drawer as the first dinosaur fossil ever found in Antarctica. The specimen, which is part of the British Antarctic Survey collection, was originally collected in 1985.
The fossil has been recognized as part of the tail of a beast called a Titanosaur. This discovery sheds new light on how these animals spread across the southern hemisphere.
Dinosaur fossils are rare to find in Antarctica because of the region's unforgiving ice caps. However, millions of years ago, the area was populated by lush forests.