On The Trail Of Iguanodon: From The Low Countries To Crystal Palace Park

If you're keen to explore European dinosaur hotspots, either catch the Eurostar to Brussels or take a slow train from Victoria to Crystal Palace.

‘I think I’ve struck gold!’ So bellowed miner Jules Creteur upon discovering something sparkling 322 metres below the surface on a Belgian coal field.

As is so often the case, what glisters was in fact iron pyrite, which looks pretty but is far from priceless. In this instance, the ‘fool’s gold’ formed part of a fossilised tree stump. Irritated, Creteur …