Two new species of large predatory dinosaur discovered on Isle of Wight

A new study led by palaeontologists at the University of Southampton suggests that bones found on the Isle of Wight belong to two new species of spinosaurid, a group of predatory theropod dinosaurs closely related to the giant Spinosaurus. Their unusual, crocodile-like skulls helped the group expand their diets, allowing them hunt prey on both land and in the water. The carnivorous dinosaurs are thought to be 9 metres in length with 1 metre long skulls. They have been named Ceratosuchops inferodios, “horned crocodile-faced hell heron” and Riparovenator milnerae, “Milner’s riverbank hunter”. The total haul of around 50 bones will go on display at Dinosaur Isle Museum in Sandown. You can read more here📖