The Most Complete Dinosaur found in the UK! Curiosities of the Natural History Musuem - Ep 3

In todays episode we discover the Mantellisaurus specimen which is the most complete dinosaur ever found in the UK! It spent 80 years of its life being identified as Iguanodon but during revisions of the genus was renamed as Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis and became the holotype for the species.

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[Gudwin]

1:52 We really breathe new life into these fossils as you say. It's so interesting to be studying such a creature, thank you for your insights Emma. Appreciate you.

[simonmurray]

Am heading there in the next fortnight so living these reminders - was so busy last summer I didn’t really get the chance to see all the things I wanted to 😊

[respectanimals]

Fantastic, you rule at this, love the green top, very interesting and superbly presented, peace ✌️ 😎🌴

[mblessing]

REALLY appreciate your "tours" Thanks!!!

[secmidnight]

Very interesting, and please do more like this in the future.

[SpinnakerFL]

Another great video Em! I hope you can come and do stories on the the Museum of Natural History in NYC, the Field Museum in Chicago and the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, DC! You give us such a great perspective!

[captpaul]

Great set of videos, Emma; they have been quite fun. Also enjoy the way you explain things and how clear your presentation is. Would love to chat geology with you someday.

[TYPHOONB]

Brilliant Emma...what a great looking dinosaur..being a herbivore you better watch they dont go for your jumper😁
..looking forward to the next instalment
..and love the jumper btw💘💯

[ninerlfe]

Nice little tour Emma love the size of that blue whale skeleton, and the complete plesiosaur fossil is immaculate condition Wow

[Dan-]

I’m thoroughly enjoying the “tour” 😃!!! Looking forward to the next installment 👍.

[christopherputt]

Brilliant yet again Em, could you do something on Triceratops. It's always been my favourite Dinosaur 😊

[KENKENNIFF]

Not sure how, but I am going shoe horn Holotype into a conversation sometime this week.

[IsaValentinus]

Have they offered you a tour guide job yet?! :D Awesome work.

[bajasmancer]

Is that sweather made of real dinosaur scales? :)

[michaelripley]

YOU are the important speciwoman!!
“Oh, Yes you’re our great precenter/precentor” 🎵🎶
BTW did you do the superwoman change, or did you visit the museum for two days?😁…

[beavis]

For shame Em. Not real bone. Real *fossilized bone. Great work though, and I have enjoyed the museum visit videos. Thumbs up.

[DreadEnder]

Imagine if we could find one half of a specimen in the UK and the other half in the US! SCREW YOU EROSION!!!

[DreadEnder]

Hey you know fossils, stars or scientific specimens are labelled with tags like LBS-4826 or whatever? Is there a particular way of how to label them like that of what each character represents, or is it just random?

[TNWisky]

Love Your Sweater It Is a Beautiful Color On You.