The limb bone is thought to belong to the family of dinosaurs best known for the recognisable stegosaurus.
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"The Middle Jurassic was a really interesting time for animals of all kinds. They were diversifying into lots of different groups and developing new ecologies - ways of life - to exploit their environment."The bone was found in a boulder on the foreshore and though it was badly damaged by waves, there was enough remaining for a team of palaeontologists to study.
The Isle of Eigg is already known for its Jurassic fossils, particularly marine reptiles and fish, first discovered by 19th-century geologist Hugh Miller.Dr Steve Brusatte, of the University of Edinburgh, co-authored a paper on the find.
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