The boy took two years to restore the 200 million-year-old dragonhead fossil

It took Jonathan Bow two years to attach the 200 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil found in Wales after accidentally breaking it into 200 pieces.

Jonathan Bow, 36, a computer programmer who lives in the town of Porthcawl, Wales, spent two years completing the 200 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil fragment, Mirror on October 12 reported.

Jonathan Bow spent two years reconnecting fossil debris.(Photo: Caters).

The plesiosaur is a set of large marine reptiles , eating meat. They exist and grow from about 245 million years ago. Jonathan found the fossil on the coast near the city of Cardiff in November 2014. It has an area of ​​nearly 1m ² , very difficult to move, so he decided to punch it out of the surrounding rock. However, the excavation process caused fossils to break into 200 pieces.

It took Jonathan two years to carefully glue each fragment and replace lost bone.

Ancient long-necked species.(Photo: Science).

"First, I attached the fossil and the mold together, then arranged the details and finally added the missing bones. There were days when I took 2-3 hours just to find the next piece." Jonathan said.

Once completed, it became the most complete " Plesiosaur " fossil ever found in Wales. Jonathan decided to donate the fossil to the Cardiff Museum.