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jailbrokejon: Five year old girl digs up 160 million year old fossil. She was armed with a spade better suited to building sandcastles than archaeological digs. But that was all five-year-old Emily Baldry needed to unearth a rare fossil thought to be more than 160million years old. Emily pulled the 9st specimen out of the ground at Cotswold Water Park in Gloucestershire with the help of her father Jon, 40. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036505/Emily-Baldry-5-digs-rare-160m-year-old-fossil-Cotswold-Water-Park.html#ixzz1Y4T2WaHM She is so lucky! Zoom

jailbrokejon:

Five year old girl digs up 160 million year old fossil.

She was armed with a spade better suited to building sandcastles than archaeological digs.

But that was all five-year-old Emily Baldry needed to unearth a rare fossil thought to be more than 160million years old. Emily pulled the 9st specimen out of the ground at Cotswold Water Park in Gloucestershire with the help of her father Jon, 40.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036505/Emily-Baldry-5-digs-rare-160m-year-old-fossil-Cotswold-Water-Park.html#ixzz1Y4T2WaHM

She is so lucky!

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therizinosaur: Alex Hastings displays a pelvic bone of Acherontisuchus guajiraensis Zoom

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Alex Hastings displays a pelvic bone of Acherontisuchus guajiraensis

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The scaly skin impression probably came from a sauropod dinosaur like Diplodocus. It would have given little protection against attack. Zoom

The scaly skin impression probably came from a sauropod dinosaur like Diplodocus. It would have given little protection against attack.

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This skull belonged to a Psittacosaurus or “parrot lizard”. Although it did not have many teeth, its sharp beak could slice through tough leaves and stems.

This skull belonged to a Psittacosaurus or “parrot lizard”. Although it did not have many teeth, its sharp beak could slice through tough leaves and stems.

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The long, hollow crest on Parasaurolophus’s skull was probably used as a “resonator,” through which the dinosaur could bellow or hoot loudly. Zoom

The long, hollow crest on Parasaurolophus’s skull was probably used as a “resonator,” through which the dinosaur could bellow or hoot loudly.

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Two lower teeth of an Iguanodon show the before (left) and after (right) atages of wear and tear. this would have been caused by the tough plant materials cellulose and lignin. Added to this was the unavoidable grit and dust that the animal would have eaten along with the plant.

Two lower teeth of an Iguanodon show the before (left) and after (right) atages of wear and tear. this would have been caused by the tough plant materials cellulose and lignin. Added to this was the unavoidable grit and dust that the animal would have eaten along with the plant.

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Tyrannosaurus rex had a massive skull with powerful jaws that held curved, serrated teeth up to 7 in (18 cm) long. Zoom

Tyrannosaurus rex had a massive skull with powerful jaws that held curved, serrated teeth up to 7 in (18 cm) long.

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Lower jaw from a Gorgosaurus Zoom

Lower jaw from a Gorgosaurus

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Brachiosaurus femurThis is part of a Brachiosaurus femur (upper leg bone). The complete bone would have measured 6ft 2 in (2.1 m) long. Zoom

Brachiosaurus femur
This is part of a Brachiosaurus femur (upper leg bone). The complete bone would have measured 6ft 2 in (2.1 m) long.

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Fossilized ginkgo leavesThe first flowering plants, such as ginkgo, appeared during the last period (Cretaceous) of the dinosaurs’ reign.

Fossilized ginkgo leaves
The first flowering plants, such as ginkgo, appeared during the last period (Cretaceous) of the dinosaurs’ reign.