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150 million-year-old dinosaur unveiled in Dubai

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A 150 million-year-old dinosaur has taken up residence at the Dubai Mall, and the public has been tasked with the job of naming it.

Published: Mon 10 Mar 2014, 11:53 PM

Updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 8:41 PM

150 million-year-old dinosaur, discovered very recently at the Dana Quarry in Wyoming, USA displayed at Dubai Mall on Monday, 10 March, 2014. - KT Photo by Juidin Bernarrd

The surprise unveiling of the 24.4 metre long Diplodocus longus saw the jaws of hundreds of shoppers drop to the floor at Monday evening's reveal.

The colossal exhibit has been noted as the rarest palaeontology find in history, with more than 90 per cent of its skeleton intact.

So what's it going to be? Matilda, Penny, Candy...who knows, but let's get naming.

(Full report tomorrow)



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