Fossilised dinosaur bone. Palaeontologist holding a fossilised bone from a theropod dinosaur dating from the Lower Cretaceous period (around 146-100 m

---

Fossilised dinosaur bone. Palaeontologist holding a fossilised bone from a theropod dinosaur dating from the Lower Cretaceous period (around 146-100 million years ago). The foil helps stop the fossil from drying out. Photographed at a palaeontological excavation in Angeac-Charente, France.

---

Size: 5138px × 3425px
Photo credit: © PASCAL GOETGHELUCK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: adult, aluminium, aluminum, angeac-charente, animal, biological, biology, bone, bones, carnivore, carnivorous, caucasian, charente, close-, cretaceous, detail, early, europe, european, excavated, excavation, extinct, fauna, foil, fossil, fossilised, fossilized, fossils, france, french, hand, hands, historical, history, holding, male, man, nature, palaeontological, palaeontologist, palaeontology, palaeozoologist, palaeozoology, paleontological, paleontology, prehistoric, prehistory, protected, protection, remains, reptile, reptiles, reptilian, rock, rocks, specimen, specimens, theropod, theropods, vertebra, vertebral, white, wildlife, wrapped, zoological, zoology