蛇頸龍波西

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蛇頸龍波西

波西(Percy)是一隻侏羅紀時期的蛇頸龍,是曼徹斯特博物館最受喜愛的化石之一。

1960年,曼徹斯特大學的學生在尋找化石時發現了波西。起初,學生們認為他們發現了一種普通的化石,直到他們的講師Fred Broadhurst意識到這是一件非常特別的東西。

由於化石很有可能被海浪摧毀,因此他們當時盡力收集最多的化石,並於不久後返回收集其餘部分。

他們用石膏包裹了大塊岩石,然後將化石安全地帶回了曼徹斯特大學。波西已經在化石展覽廰展出了幾十年,並被科學家們分類為「模式標本」,這意味著他是他的物種的第一個和主要參考點,並被來自世界各地的研究人員研究。

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