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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Ian Sample

Bones found on Isle of Wight may be from Europe’s biggest predator dinosaur

artwork of spinosaur
Researchers discovered the spinosaur remains in rock eroded from a cliff on the beach at Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight. Photograph: Artwork: Anthony Hutchings/PeerJ Life & Environment

Fossil hunters on the Isle of Wight have unearthed the remains of what may be the largest predatory dinosaur ever found in Europe.

Pieces of bone belonging to a massive spinosaur, a two-legged crocodile-faced beast that lived 125m years ago, suggest the land-based hunter measured over 10 metres from snout to tail.

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