The dinosaur has been found in the United Kingdom and is from the spinosaur family
The animal had to be at least 10 meters long and weigh several tons.
Remains of Europe’s largest carnivorous dinosaur have been discovered on the Isle of Wight, have communicated a group of British scientists. Palaeontologists from the University of Southampton identified the remains, which were more than 10 meters long and 125 million years old.
The prehistoric bones belonged to a two-legged predatory spinosaurid dinosaur with the face of a crocodile. The doctoral student Chris Barker, who led the investigation, stated that it was a “huge animal”. The remains, which include pelvic and tail vertebrae, were discovered off the south-west coast of the Isle of Wight.
The carnivore has been nicknamed the “white rock spinosaurid,” after the geological layer in which the remains were found. “It was a huge animal, more than 10 meters long and probably several tons in weight,” Barker said. “Judging from some of the dimensions, it appears to represent one of the largest predatory dinosaurs ever found in Europe, perhaps even the largest known so far.”