The amazing remains of the first prisoner described by scientists – discovered in a mud hole in Swindon in 1874 – Display In the Great Ocean of the Natural History Museum in London.
But after 150 years, a small piece of Swindon Stijusor was returned to Welshire Town, after two fossil fishermen monitored one of her paragraphs for sale on the market on the Internet.
They alerted the council and its presentation In the local museum in SwindonRemember the role the city played in one of the most prominent discoveries of dinosaurs in the UK.
The fossil remains were found in the mud drilling Swindon Brick and Tile Company in 1874, a site in Fleming Way that are now occupied by stores and gardens.
They were sent to Sir Richard Owen, then Director Natural History MuseumTo determine the identity, and it became the first Stijosor its toxicity and described by the scholars.
The remains – hip, back leg and spinal parts of the creature – “road map” to understand the stegeor shape, are still possible to see it in London.
Sally and Neville Holinglith The paragraphs offered for sale were monitored.
The husband said: “We realized its importance immediately. When Swindon Stegosaur was collected in the nineteenth century, it ended with some original materials in special groups, and we realized that the paragraphs provided for sale came from the original site.
“We are happy with the Swindon Museum and Anchor put this unique discovery from the displayed city, and we hope this will help in increasing awareness about the Jurassic past in the city.”
“Swindon was really important in the history of biology and many important fossil fishermen who lived here or visited Swindon in the late nineteenth century to search for samples,” said Marina Strenkovski, a cabinet member of the Swindon Buro Council for making sites and planning.
“Stegosaur ignites the Sudanese imagination of all ages, and it is great to be a piece of it at home.”
Paragraphs can now be seen at the Swindon Rocks exhibition in the museum.
