Dinosaurs

Assembling the Stegosaurus skeleton

By Lisa Hendry

Watch a time-lapse video of our dinosaur exhibit being put together behind the scenes.

Scientists had to assemble more than 300 fossil bones to construct the skeleton. The extraordinary specimen, unearthed in Wyoming, USA, is one of the best-preserved Stegosaurus ever found.

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