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Polish Academy of Sciences
Coverage of Polish Academy of Sciences in the Nexus archive.
- 2,000 volunteers join a painstaking effort to restore massive skeleton of prehistoric predator
2,000 volunteers in Poland are restoring a nearly six-meter-long Mastodonsaurus skeleton, a prehistoric aquatic predator from 240 million years ago, using tools like chisels and UV light. Discovered in southern Poland in 2023, it will be the largest exhibited Mastodonsaurus skeleton globally, providing new scientific insights.