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Lorraine Cornish, of the Natural History Museum, London, lying yesterday alongside a 180,000,000-year-old fossil of a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, which is being restored in public view

Wednesday 27 January 1993 00:02 GMT
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Lorraine Cornish, of the Natural History Museum, London, lying yesterday alongside a 180,000,000-year-old fossil of a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, which is being restored in public view

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