First Evidence of Dinosaurs Discovered on Scottish Island

[Omnomosaurus]

A lucky find has revealed evidence of dinosaurs in Scotland outside of the Isle of Skye for the first time.

 

A single bone, thought to belong to a Stegosaur, was quite literally stumbled upon on the small Scottish island of Eigg. The bone, measuring 500mm, is believed to be from the Middle Jurassic (166 myo).

 

Read more at the BBC here:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-53917742

[Troodon]

Paper just released

 

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/earth-and-environmental-science-transactions-of-royal-society-of-edinburgh/article/first-dinosaur-from-the-isle-of-eigg-valtos-sandstone-formation-middle-jurassic-scotland/E693241375EDAE51AE47243C4548AF53

 

[doushantuo]

thanks,Frank