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Bexhill's 'pickled' dinosaur brain

Scientists from Oxford and Cambridge University have shared these fascinating pictures following the discovery of a pickled dinosaur brain near Bexhill.

Alex Jenkins
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On Oct 28, 2016
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The 'brown pebble'

The unassuming brown pebble found more than a decade ago by a fossil hunter Jamie Hiscocks near Bexhill is the first example of fossilised brain tissue from a dinosaur.

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The brain is thought to belong to a species closely related to the Iguanodon

Life-like restoration of the head and anterior neck based on the anatomy of the iguanodontian ornithopod

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The area in orange is where it is thought the brain matter would have sat

(b) Semi-transparent restoration of I. bernissartensis head showing the position and general morphology of the endocranial cavity (orange).

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Scientists explain how the tissue has changed over time

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