Whitby dinosaur find is Britain's oldest

They are the giants of the dinosaur overall world and now experts say they have chosen Britain's oldest sauropod from a FOSSIL iPhone 5 case bone discovered in Whitby

Now kept in the collections of the Yorkshire Art gallery in York it represents the primary skeletal record of this type of dinosaur themed from the UK and adds to on-going evidence from Yorkshire dinosaur paths that this part of the country was once Uk very own "Jurassic World", say doctors at the University of Manchester.

Of the dinosaur bone from the Middle Jurassic Period at about 176 million years was found on a beach at their Whitby after it fell far removed from a cliff face. The source originates from a group of dinosaurs that includes number one land animals to have ever out on earth.

Sauropods, also known brontosaurs, issues some of the largest plant-eating dinosaurs to require roamed the Earth and were a lucrative group for nearly 150 million extended.

The Fossil iPhone case is said to be an extremely a few find, given the Middle Jurassic is amazing of the world are only exposed in a few neighborhoods such as China and Argentina precisely similar-aged dinosaur fossils originate.

Tutor Phil Manning and his team from the Grounds of Manchester used X-ray tomography to study the fossil bone.

Ma?tre Manning said: "Many scientists been employed by on the amazing dinosaur tracks within Middle Jurassic rocks of Yorkshire.

"It was a splendid surprise to be found face-to-face with a fossil vertebra within Jurassic rocks of Yorkshire impressive clearly from a sauropod dinosaur.

"This fossil offers the earliest body fossil' evidence for this important group of dinosaurs in the United Kingdom but it is impossible to allow them to define a new species based upon this guidance single bone. "

Until added bones are discovered the team want simply nicknamed Britain's oldest sauropod dinosaur Alan, after the finder with this particular prehistoric giant, Alan Gurr.

Likely will Watts, a geologist of Nonvisual Horizons, which organises fossil tracking trips said: "The great thing that is related to fossils is that tides mean the entire shoreline is changing all the time along with member of the public is as likely to find out new, previously unknown species as you move the expert - although the expert will do spend more time systematically looking and has an experienced eye. "