Century-old fossil reveals new dinosaur species

Researchers have identified a new dinosaur species, Invictibellatrix amberina, from a fossil skull discovered on the Isle of Wight in 1924 and kept at the Natural History Museum for nearly a century, The Independent reports. ^[2]

CT scans showed distinctive skull features that researchers used to identify the animal as a megaraptoran and a distinct species. The find is described as the first evidence of a megaraptoran in Europe; the accessible report does not provide further detail on the study’s methods or comparisons. ^[2]