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Isle of Wight fossil sheds light on enigmatic meat-eating dinosaurs

The tiger-sized predator is the first megaraptoran known from Europe and may help explain how the dinosaur group spread globally.

Oct 13 : The partial skull of a tiger-sized predator that prowled what is now the Isle of Wight off England's southern coast about 120 million years ago is giving scientists a better understanding of an enigmatic group of meat-eating dinosaurs known for running down prey and ripping them apart with massive hand claw

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Scientists have identified a previously unknown long-clawed predator that roamed Britain 120 million years ago - and say humans would have been the perfect

The fossil was acquired in 1924 by the Museum of Natural History; the analysis revealed a megaraptorian who lived 120 million years ago The entry Identifies a new dinosaur from a fossil that was in a drawer 100 years was first published in La Voz de Michoacán.

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dailymail.com broke the news on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
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