June 9 (Reuters) – Fossil bones found on a rocky beach off the White Island in England are the remains of a carnivorous dinosaur that may be larger than any other known dinosaur in Europe, a relative of the largest carnivorous dinosaur. In the post.
Ancient researchers said Thursday that parts of a dinosaur’s skeleton, spine, hip and tail, some limbs, but no skull or teeth lived about 125 million years ago during the Cretaceous. Based on partial fossils, they estimate that the dinosaur exceeded 33 feet (10 m) in length and may have reached even higher.
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Based on a section of small crater on the surface of the tail vertebrae, it was concluded that it belonged to a group of dinosaurs called the Spinosaurs, which lived 50 feet (15 m) long and lived 95 million years ago. Considered the dinosaur hunter known for a very long time. read more
Spinosaurs are reminiscent of crocodiles with long skulls and conical teeth – suitable for catching slippery prey – as well as strong hands and large claws. They eat aquatic prey and other dinosaurs.
Due to the incompleteness of the remains, researchers have not yet given a scientific name to the newly described dinosaur, but call it the “White Rock Spinosaurid” based on the geological layer where the bones were found. They believe it is not a member of any previously identified race.
Carnivorous dinosaurs belong to a clade called theropods, and each continent produces enormous examples. They had two legs and very large skulls and strong teeth.
The artist’s chart shows a large carnivorous dinosaur known as the “White Rock Spinosaurid”, whose remains were found on the White Island of England about 125 million years ago during the Cretaceous, a reptile known as the Flying Reptile. Anthony Hutchings / Guide via REUTERS.
Spinosaurus is the largest in Africa. Tyrannosaurus rex, approaching 42 feet (13 m), was king of North America, while Giganodosaurus of similar size ruled over South America and the slightly smaller torpedoes in Asia. At about 33 feet (10 m) high, it is the largest theropod tortoise known from Europe. read more
The newly described dinosaur d. Nex Ghostling, a biologist at the University of Southampton and a writer related to the study, says Rex could be as long as.
“It’s so big,” Ghostling said. “We hope more fossils will form. We’d like a skull or teeth.”
Looking at the teeth will help researchers to better understand the status of this dinosaur in the spinosaur family tree.
Fossils were found on the surface at Compton Bay on the southwest coast of the Isle of Wight. The dinosaur lived in a pond inhabited by a variety of plant-eating dinosaurs and flying reptiles known as storos. At that time the sea level was higher than it is today and large parts of Europe were submerged.
The Isle of Wight has become one of Europe’s richest sites for dinosaur remains. The same team of researchers announced last year the discovery of two other Isle of Wight Cretaceous spinosaurs measuring 30 feet (9 meters). read more
Those findings coincide with their hypothesis that a group of spinozers appeared in Western Europe and diversified before expanding elsewhere.
“This new material confirms our previous work, highlighting Europe as an important part of the spinozer diversification,” Parker said.
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Will Dunham’s report in Washington; Editing by Lisa Schumacher
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