Jurassic Jackpot: Scotland's Best-Preserved 166 Million Year Old Dinosaur Found!
In while walking along the rugged cliffs of Elgol on the Isle of Skye a keen observer spotted what appeared to be an ancient bone embedded in the rock a quiet clue to a prehistoric past Fast forward years to when Dr Elsa Panciroli and a team from National Museums Scotland returned to the site With support from local experts and fossil recovery specialists from Canada s Research Casting International they undertook a challenging expedition to safely extract the fossil Their efforts led to the recovery of what is now considered the most complete dinosaur fossil ever found in Scotland Meet the Elgol Dinosaur Scotland s Most Bony-Fide CelebrityMeet the Elgol dinosaur a remarkable Jurassic discovery from the Isle of Skye This small herbivorous dinosaur an ornithopod was about the size of a pony and lived around million years ago Though only partially preserved with parts of the spine ribs