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Amateur palaeos nab pristine plesiosaur

PALAEONTOLOGY

AUSSIE FOSSIL HUNTERS have unearthed the continent's first elasmosaur fossil in western Queensland.

The 100-million-year-old head and body bones of the marine reptile were uncovered by three fossil enthusiasts who regularly trawl the ranges of their privately-

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