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Joel Kontinen
Two new species of dinosaurs have been found on the Isle of Wight in the UK. They were though to be 125 million years ago.living in the Cretaceous Period.
“The only spinosaurid skeleton previously unearthed in the UK belonged to Baryonyx, which was initially discovered in 1983 in a quarry in Surrey. Most other finds since have been restricted to isolated teeth and single bones. “
One species has been called Ceratosuchops inferodios “hell heron”, as it looks like a fearsome version of a modern bird, The second is Riparovenator milnerae.
Source:
'New Scientist and Press Association. 2021. .Hell heron' dinosaur is new species found on Isle of Wight. New Scientist 29 September
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