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Palaeontologists Un-Earth Dinosour Bones In Queensland

Paleontologist Scott Hocknull is studying some dinosaur bones that were part of a large find in the state of Queensland. Credit: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

A series of fossil findings has turned a remote region in the Australian outback into a mecca for paleontologists. Australian researchers are now returning from abroad to study the fossils in their own country. The dinosaur boom has also turned the small town of Winton into a tourist hotspot.

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A series of fossil findings has turned a remote region in the Australian outback into a mecca for paleontologists. Australian researchers are now returning from abroad to study the fossils in their own country. The dinosaur boom has also turned the small town of Winton into a tourist hotspot.

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