Australia's first complete plesiosaur fossil discovered in outback Queensland
The complete head and body of an ancient marine reptile with "flippers like a turtle and long neck like a giraffe" has been uncovered in Queensland in what scientists say is a rare discovery.
Palaeontologists unearthed the complete fossil of the plesiosaur near the remote western Queensland town of McKinlay after a property owner sent images to researchers.
It is the first time in Australia the head and body of an elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur, has been found in one piece.
Museum of Tropical Queensland senior curator of palaeontology Espen Knutsen said he had been trying to find "such a fossil" for many years.
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