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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Giant horned dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils were destroyed in World War 2

Scientists have identified a new giant horned dinosaur species that roamed across modern-day North Africa about 95 million years ago, despite its fossilised remains being destroyed during the Second World War.

The 10-metre-long predatory dinosaur species, named Tameryraptor markgrafi, was discovered based on archive photographs of the dinosaur’s skeleton from before 1944.

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