It has been confirmed Britain's oldest dinosaur, which has been embedded in rock for more than 210 million years, will finally be excavated. Skip related content
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UK's oldest dinosaur to be excavated
A rock specimen, discovered at Tytherington Quarry in South Gloucestershire in the 1970s, contains the fossilised remains of the so-called "Bristol Dinosaur".
Thecondontosaurus antiquus is also one of the oldest in the world.
Scientists at the University of Bristol have been planning to excavate the sample and reveal the prehistoric bones inside.
The university has now been able to launch the excavation project after securing a grant of £295,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The Bristol Dinosaur project will last three years and will see a complete skeletal reconstruction of the dinosaur attempted for the first time.
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