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By Will Dunham

New dinosaur found in Spain illuminates history of meat-eating group

Illustration shows the newly discovered Cretaceous Period meat-eating dinosaur Protathlitis cinctorrensis from Spain. Grup Guix/Handout via REUTERS

During the Cretaceous Period in a lush coastal region in eastern Spain, an impressive dinosaur with an elongated and vaguely crocodile-like skull was on the prowl for a meal, its curved and serrated teeth able to rip the flesh of its prey.

Scientists on Thursday said they had unearthed a partial skeleton of a previously unknown dinosaur species in the town of Cinctorres in the Spanish province of Castellon that helps provide a deeper understanding of a highly successful group of meat-eaters that hunted on land and in the water.

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