A new dinosaur species related to Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered in the United Kingdom
Paleontologists at the University of Southampton identified the new species after studying four bones that were recently discovered on the Isle of Wight. The bones belong to a new species of theropod dinosaur, the group that includes Tyrannosaurus rex, experts said.
“The dinosaur lived in the Cretaceous 115 million years ago and is estimated to be up to four meters long,” paleontologists said in a statement. The new dinosaur species is called Vectaerovenator inopinatus because of the large air spaces in some of the bones.
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A paper on the study will be published in the journal Papers in Palaeontology.
An impression of an artist from the last moments of the dinosaur.
(Credit: Trudie Wilson)
“We were told about how hollow this animal was – it’s full of airspace,” said Chris Barker, a doctoral student at the University of Southampton, who led the study. “Parts of the skeleton must have been quite delicate.”
The bones were found in three separate discoveries over a period of weeks last year and donated to the Dinosaur Isle Museum on Sandown, Isle of Wight. Two of the discoveries were made by individuals and one by a family.
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Earlier this year, in another project, experts discovered a ‘dinosaur stomping ground’ on the Isle of Skye off the north west coast of Scotland.
