Opalised Australian dinosaur fossil studied using innovative 3D printing technology

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High-tech tools reveal opalized fossil skeleton

by Flinders University, August 29, 202

Absolute gem of a find: Opalised dinosaur fossil studied using

innovative 3D printing technology. The rare fossils may

represent a new Australian dinosaur species

Cosmos Magazine, August 29, 2022

 

Dinosaur Bones Shimmering With Opal Reveal a New Species in Australia

A discovery in an Australian opal mine remained unexamined for three 

decades—it turned out to be the most complete opalized dinosaur

 skeleton in the world, Gemma Conroy, Smithsonian,June 3, 2019

 

“Opalized” Dinosaur Skeleton Discovered 30 Years Ago, Now 

Scientists Have Named the Species. One man was hunting gems 

and found a load of natural history instead.

Rose Heichelbech, Dusty Ol Thing

 

Bell, P.R., Brougham, T., Herne, M.C., Frauenfelder, T. and

Smith, E.T., 2019. Fostoria dhimbangunmal, gen. et sp. nov.,

a new iguanodontian (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the mid-

Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia. 

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 39(1), p.e1564757.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.