<p>An Argentinian-led team has discovered the fossil of a tail bone belonging to the titanosaur on James Ross Island.<br /><br />Titanosaurs were sauropods -- four-legged herbivorous dinosaurs with long necks and tails. Their remains have been found around the world but this is the first evidence they may have roamed Antarctica.<br /><br />The scientists identified the remains as belonging to a lithostrotian titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of around 70 million years ago. The land mass was then rich in plant life, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.<br /><br />The find consists of section of vertebrae almost 20 centrimetre long believed to have come from the middle third of the dinosaur's tail.<br /><br />Dr Ignacio Alejandro Cerda at Conicet Research Institute, who led the research team, said: "Our finding indicates that advanced titanosaurs achieved a global distribution at least by the Late Cretaceous."<br /><br />Titanosaurs included the mighty Argentinosaurus, which may have reached 100ft in length. However the discovery of a single vertebrae fossil yielded too little information to allow speculation about the dinosaur's species.<br /><br />The findings have been published in the latest edition of the 'Naturwissenschaften' journal.</p>
<p>An Argentinian-led team has discovered the fossil of a tail bone belonging to the titanosaur on James Ross Island.<br /><br />Titanosaurs were sauropods -- four-legged herbivorous dinosaurs with long necks and tails. Their remains have been found around the world but this is the first evidence they may have roamed Antarctica.<br /><br />The scientists identified the remains as belonging to a lithostrotian titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of around 70 million years ago. The land mass was then rich in plant life, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.<br /><br />The find consists of section of vertebrae almost 20 centrimetre long believed to have come from the middle third of the dinosaur's tail.<br /><br />Dr Ignacio Alejandro Cerda at Conicet Research Institute, who led the research team, said: "Our finding indicates that advanced titanosaurs achieved a global distribution at least by the Late Cretaceous."<br /><br />Titanosaurs included the mighty Argentinosaurus, which may have reached 100ft in length. However the discovery of a single vertebrae fossil yielded too little information to allow speculation about the dinosaur's species.<br /><br />The findings have been published in the latest edition of the 'Naturwissenschaften' journal.</p>