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Eigg beach runner stumbles on dinosaur bone – BBC News
The chance find was made on the Isle of Eigg where scientists have been searching for the fossils for 200 years.
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The fossil was found in rock on the shoreline of Eigg
A scientist has discovered a 166 million-year-old dinosaur fossil while running along the shore of a small Scottish island.
Dr Elsa Panciroli was running to meet up with her palaeontology research team on Eigg when she made the discovery.
In Scotland, dinosaur bone fossils had only previously been found on the Isle of Skye.
The limb bone is about 50cm (19in) long and thought to belong to a stegosa…
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