“In the initial scan in 2015, I spotted a buried bone in there that looked like a chicken bone with a hook on it and thought straight away that it was a dinosaur,” explained Dr. Joseph Bevitt explained that the dinosaur bones were entirely embedded within the dense ironstone rock and were serendipitously discovered when the sample was exposed to the penetrative power of neutrons at ANSTO.ĭingo, Australia’s only neutron imaging instrument, can be used to produce two and three-dimensional images of a solid object and reveal concealed features within it. Credit: Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) Matt White with the sample on the Imaging and Medical beamline at ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron. The research was carried out by a large team led by Dr Matt White of the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum and the University of New England.ĭr. The discovery of the fossils in 2010 was made by the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum (QLD) in association with the University of New England, who are publishing their research in the journal Godwana Research. Neutron and synchrotron instruments penetrated rock to reveal and reconstruct the concealed fossilized contentsĪdvanced nuclear and synchrotron imaging has confirmed that a 93-million-year-old crocodile found in Central Queensland devoured a juvenile dinosaur based on remains found in the fossilized stomach contents.The discovery of fossils was made by a team from the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum and the University of New England who carried out the investigation with ANSTO scientists.Advanced nuclear and synchrotron imaging has confirmed that a 93-million-year-old crocodile found in Central Queensland devoured a juvenile dinosaur based on remains found in the fossilized stomach contents.Nuclear techniques confirm rare finding that crocodile devoured a baby dinosaur.
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