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New Species of Predatory Dinosaur Identified in UK

A fossilized braincase that sat in in the collection of the Natural History Museum in London for a century has been identified as Europe’s first megaraptoran dinosaur, a lineage once thought to have flourished mainly in the southern hemisphere. The post New Species of Predatory Dinosaur Identified in UK appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

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