Old museum skull reveals new long-clawed dinosaur from Isle of Wight
In short
- The skull comes from the Isle of Wight and belongs to a previously unknown species.
- It was rediscovered in the Natural History Museum's collections after more than 100 years in storage.
- The source describes the dinosaur as mysterious and meat-eating, and calls it new to science.
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The find shows that museum collections can still yield new science long after specimens are first catalogued. It adds a named species to the record of dinosaurs that lived in what is now southern England. The source text does not give further detail on the species' claws or its place in the wider European record, so those points are not stated here.
From Phys.org
The fossilized skull of a new species of mysterious meat-eating dinosaur from the Isle of Wight has been rediscovered in the collections of the Natural History Museum after over 100 years in storage.
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Long ago, a dinosaur lived on the Isle of Wight. Its skull was kept safe in a museum for more than 100 years. Now scientists know it is a brand new kind of dinosaur. What would you name a dinosaur if you found one?
