'I was searching for remains of this dinosaur with Nick and found a lump of pelvis with tunnels bored into it, each about the size of my index finger. Marks on the bone showed - even after death - the body of this monster probably supported a range of scavengers and decomposers.Д¬o author Jeremy Lockwood, a PhD student at the University of Portsmouth, said: 'Most of these amazing fossils were found by Nick Chase, one of Britain's most skilled dinosaur hunters, who sadly died just before the Covid epidemic. 'It is likely to be the youngest spinosaur material yet known from the UK.'

But dinosaurs are preserved from more than one section of history - some little understood.Д¬orresponding author Dr Neil Gostling, a lecturer in evolution at Southampton, said: 'Unusually, this specimen eroded out of the Vectis Formation, which is notoriously poor in dinosaur fossils. The island's position at the time was roughly where Gibraltar is now. More dinosaur bones have been dug up there than anywhere else in Europe. The Isle of Wight has been dubbed Dinosaur Island for its treasures - which are on display at a purpose built museum in Sandown. It has been unofficially named the 'White Rock spinosaurid' after the geological layer in which it was found. The new species was entombed inside a sandstone bed known at a prehistoric graveyard called the Vectis Formation.

'It is just a shame it is only known from such scant material.' He said: 'This was a huge animal, exceeding 10 metres (33ft) in length, and judging from some of the dimensions, probably represents the largest predatory dinosaur ever found in Europe. Lead author Chris Barker, a palaeontology student at the University of Southampton, reckons it was a killer of immense proportions. They were up to seven feet long - and connected by skin. It was a member of the spinosaurids - meaning 'spine lizard.' They were the first dinosaurs to swim, with bones on their backs forming what is referred to as a 'sail'. Stalking lagoons and sandflats, its bone-crushing jaws snapped large fish in half - and even other dinosaurs. The bipedal beast had short arms - like the T Rex.

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