by Brian Thomas, M.S., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D. *

Crumbling seaside cliffs at Whitby in northern England continuously reveal new fossils. Most of them are remains of small plants and animals, but researchers from the University of Manchester described a much larger fossil: a giant vertebra from a sauropod's tail.¹ How long ago was the rare bone buried?

Researchers have excavated a portion of a theropod dinosaur thighbone from beachfront marine rock north of Seattle.¹ How did a land animal's leg bone get buried in marine rock?