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John Dunne

32ft dinosaur found on Isle of Wight was Europe’s largest hunter

The creature lived on the island 125 million years ago and would have fed on fish and a variety of other animals, including dinosaurs.

(Picture: PA)

The remains of Europe’s largest ever land-based hunter, which measured the length of a squash court, have been found on the Isle of Wight.

Several prehistoric bones belonging to the two-legged, crocodile-faced spinosaurid dinosaur were discovered and analysed by scientists from the University of Southampton.

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