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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Mitchell

New species of chicken-sized dinosaur found on Isle of Wight

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The fossil of a new species of plant-eating dinosaur has been discovered on the Isle of Wight, suggesting Europe had its own family of small herbivorous dinosaurs distinct from Asia and North America.

The preserved remains are of a dinosaur called vectidromeus insularis, which was the size of a chicken but juvenile so might have grown much larger.

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