Dinosaur with crocodile-shaped face is largest predator to ever roam Britain
Bones of the 32ft ‘White Rock spinosaurid’ have been found on the Isle of Wight and are being analysed by Southampton University scientists
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Bones of the 32ft ‘White Rock spinosaurid’ have been found on the Isle of Wight and are being analysed by Southampton University scientists
The remains of Europe's largest ever land-based predator have gone on display in tribute to the late dinosaur hunter who found them.
Several prehistoric bones belonging to the 'White Rock spinosaurid' - named after the geological layer in which the remains were found - were unearthed on the island off England's south coast.
The creature was a close relative of the sail-backed behemoth Spinosaurus.
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