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New Dinosaur Found on Isle of Wight Beach is Related to the T-Rex – Gizmodo Australia
Bones found on the Isle of Wight last year have turned out to belong to a previously-unknown species of theropod dinosaur, related to both the t-rex and present-day birds. Given the somewhat unwieldy name of Vectaerovenator inopinatus, the dinosaur roamed the…
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Bones found on the Isle of Wight last year have turned out to belong to a previously-unknown species of theropod dinosaur, related to both the t-rex and present-day birds.
Given the somewhat unwieldy name of Vectaerovenator inopinatus, the dinosaur roamed the earth during the Cretaceous period (115 million years ago, or approximately four 2020s) and apparently measured up to four metres long.
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