A NEW species of dinosaur bone is believed to have been discovered at the Cotswold Water Park.
The fossilised remains of a giant plant-eating Sauropod dinosaur identified as Cetiosauriscus was uncovered during the restoration of a site which had been quarried by Hanson Aggregates.
Only a few bones of this type of dinosaur have ever been found in Britain and analysis of the bone indicates that it could belong to a group of dinosaurs whose remains are very rarely found in the UK.
The Cetiosauriscus inhabited Northern Europe during the Middle Jurassic period 168 million years ago.
Several hundred pieces of bone, which were unearthed from the edge of a drainage ditch by palaeontologist Dr Neville Hollingworth, have been painstakingly pieced together over the last six months to form a giant 1.4m leg bone.
The Sauropod leg bone will be on display at the Fossil Fest, a family event being organised by the Cotswold Water Park Society tomorrow at the Four Pillars Hotel, Spine Road, South Cerney.
Fossil Fest will run from 10am to 4pm.
Tickets are £1 adults, 50p children, payable on the door. For more information visit www.waterpark.org
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