{"id":3633,"date":"2025-06-27T01:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T01:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/how-scotlands-largest-dinosaur-fossil-was-extracted-bbc-world-service\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T01:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T01:40:12","slug":"how-scotlands-largest-dinosaur-fossil-was-extracted-bbc-world-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/how-scotlands-largest-dinosaur-fossil-was-extracted-bbc-world-service\/","title":{"rendered":"How Scotland\u2019s largest dinosaur fossil was extracted &#8211; BBC World Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0aEKXvENLbs?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>A group of palaeontologists in Scotland have extracted the most complete dinosaur fossil in the country, on the Isle of Skye.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to our channel \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/bbc.in\/3VyyriM<\/p>\n<p>It dates all the way back to the Middle Jurassic \u2013 a period from which dinosaur fossils are notoriously hard to come by, especially in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The team&#8217;s led by Dr Elsa Panciroli, who says: \u201cIt\u2019s really exciting and significant just to find a dinosaur that isn\u2019t just one single bone or even just some footprints, but it\u2019s multiple bones from one animal!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously the title of \u201cthe first dinosaur fossil discovered in Scotland\u201d was thought to belong to a bone found in 1992, but it all changed after Elsa found a diary of a palaeontologist who spotted and sketched down the fossil in 1973, but didn\u2019t collect it.<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s how this treasure hunt happened!<\/p>\n<p>Video journalist and presenter: Mykyta Osadchyi<\/p>\n<p>00:00 A great rock and a greater researcher<br \/>\n00:31 This fossil is much older than T-Rex<br \/>\n01:16 So what is this dinosaur?<br \/>\n01:47 How did this dinosaur actually look?<br \/>\n02:15 How Elsa found the 1973 diary<br \/>\n03:14 How they extracted the dinosaur fossil<br \/>\n03:50 Why Scotland is so deprived of fossils<br \/>\n04:30 What does the fossil help us understand?<br \/>\n05:02 Why does the fossil look so broken?<br \/>\n05:31 What sound would this dinosaur make?<br \/>\n06:18 Bye bye<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nThis is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel.<br \/>\nIf you like what we do, you can also find us here:<br \/>\nInstagram \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nTwitter \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nFacebook \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/facebook.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nBBC World Service website \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/worldserviceradio<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching and subscribing!<br \/>\n#BBCWorldService #WorldService #dinosaur #fossil #scotland #isleofskye #archaeology #paleontology<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0aEKXvENLbs\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of palaeontologists in Scotland have extracted the most complete dinosaur fossil in the country, on the Isle of Skye. 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