Although it's been five years since the discovery, the Rutland Sea Dragon is still destined to come home to Rutland, but not just yet.
The paleontologist who led the dig of the 10 meter wide animal to extract the icthyosaur was at the Rutland County Museum on Saturday, giving a talk. Extensive restoration of the 181 million year old fossil discovered at Rutland Water is still to take place. Dr. Dean Lomax says the commitment is still there to get it on display in the county.
"We will get there. It's a case of some issues with the ownership side of things too, and everybody's supportive. Everybody wants it to be here in Rutland. We've said that since literally day one, before we even knew how complete, how important this specimen was gonna be. Just when we saw originally, way back in February, 2021. I'd led a one day dig of me and a couple other paleontologist volunteers. And even back then, we knew it was gonna be something significant. And so right from day one we said, yep, it's gotta be coming back to Rutland. It's significant and it's so important for people of Rutland, and the surrounding area."
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