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identified a need for a palaeontological centre to showcase the rich fossil record of the
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on a cattle trail he was walking along. They later found a piece of the jaw with teeth still attached sticking out of the side of a hill. Today, about 65% of Scotty's bones have been recovered.
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is where these fossils were deposited and the gallery examines these creatures from
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in the world, with an estimated weight of 8870 kg, length of 13.2 m and age of over 30 years. The previous owner of the 'longest lived
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