An unusual result of relentless rains causing historic flooding in southern Brazil has been the revelation of a “very well-preserved” dinosaur fossil dating back some 200 million years.

Dinosaur fossils dating back 66 million years have ... then washed to the surface by a large flood and subsequently reburied at the discovery site,” a bureau spokesman said.

Experts have initially confirmed the fossils were part of a large dinosaur ... before it was later washed to the surface by a large flood, and subsequently buried again at the discovery site ...