{"id":461264,"date":"2022-06-11T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T15:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/europes-largest-predatory-dinosaur-found-by-uk-fossil-hunter\/"},"modified":"2022-06-11T18:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T15:10:01","slug":"europes-largest-predatory-dinosaur-found-by-uk-fossil-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/europes-largest-predatory-dinosaur-found-by-uk-fossil-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"#Europe&#8217;s &#8216;largest predatory dinosaur&#8217; found by UK fossil hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c56795e319\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c56795e319\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/europes-largest-predatory-dinosaur-found-by-uk-fossil-hunter\/#%E2%80%9CEuropes_%E2%80%98largest_predatory_dinosaur_found_by_UK_fossil_hunter%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Europe&#8217;s &#8216;largest predatory dinosaur&#8217; found by UK fossil hunter&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEuropes_%E2%80%98largest_predatory_dinosaur_found_by_UK_fossil_hunter%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Europe&#8217;s &#8216;largest predatory dinosaur&#8217; found by UK fossil hunter&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/an-artists-depiction-o.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/an-artists-depiction-o.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"An artist's depiction of the massive White Rock spinosaurid.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/an-artists-depiction-o.jpg\" alt=\"An artist's depiction of the massive White Rock spinosaurid\" title=\"An artist's depiction of the massive White Rock spinosaurid.\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                An artist&#8217;s depiction of the massive White Rock spinosaurid.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A giant crocodile-faced dinosaur, discovered on the Isle of Wight by one of Britain&#8217;s best fossil hunters, was probably the largest predator ever to stalk Europe, scientists said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Most of the bones of the two-legged spinosaurid were found by the late local collector Nick Chase, who dedicated his life to combing the beaches of the island on England&#8217;s southern coast for dinosaur remains.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the University of Southampton then used the few bones available to identify what they have called the &#8220;White Rock spinosaurid&#8221;, they said in a study published in the journal <i>PeerJ<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a huge animal, exceeding 10 metres (33 feet) in length and judging from some of the dimensions, probably represents the largest predatory dinosaur ever found in Europe,&#8221; said Chris Barker, a Ph.D. student who led the study.<\/p>\n<p>While admitting it would be better to have more bones, Barker told AFP the &#8220;numbers don&#8217;t lie\u2014it is bigger than the biggest known specimen&#8221; previously found in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Richard Holtz, a vertebrate paleontologist from the University of Maryland not involved in study, agreed that the new find &#8220;does seem to be larger&#8221; than a huge predator whose fossilised remains were discovered in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Lamanna, a dinosaur palaeontologist at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in the US, praised the &#8220;excellent, thorough study of the specimen&#8221; given the lack of bones, but said it was difficult to compare sizes.<\/p>\n<p>For example, he said the biggest known spinosaurid, the Spinosaurus, was likely the longest such dinosaur &#8220;but it probably wasn&#8217;t as heavy&#8221; as the Tyrannosaurus rex or the Giganotosaurus\u2014&#8221;the latter of which is about to become super-famous thanks to the new &#8216;Jurassic World&#8217; movie&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/the-best-preserved-bon.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/the-best-preserved-bon.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The best preserved bones of the Wight Rock spinosaurid, incluing a tail vertebra that helped indicate its massive size.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/the-best-preserved-bon.jpg\" alt=\"The best preserved bones of the Wight Rock spinosaurid, incluing a tail vertebra that helped indicate its massive size\" title=\"The best preserved bones of the Wight Rock spinosaurid, incluing a tail vertebra that helped indicate its massive size.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                The best preserved bones of the Wight Rock spinosaurid, incluing a tail vertebra that helped indicate its massive size.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Why the long face?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The White Rock spinosaurid\u2014which the researchers hope to formally name as a new species\u2014is from the Early Cretaceous period and is estimated to be around 125 million years old.<\/p>\n<p>Barker said that makes it the youngest spinosaurid found in Britain, two or three million years younger than the well-known Baryonyx.<\/p>\n<p>Spinosaurids are known for their elongated heads. Rather than having the boxy skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex, their faces look more like that of a crocodile.<\/p>\n<p>A leading theory to explain this trait is that they hunted in water as well as on land.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re kind of like storks and herons, wading in and snatching fish from the surface,&#8221; Barker said.<\/p>\n<p>The White Rock spinosaurid was discovered in a coastal lagoon environment where few dinosaur fossils are normally found.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It helps start to paint a picture of what animals were living in the time, which is a very poorly known part of English palaeontological heritage,&#8221; Barker added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/nick-chase-who-the-sci.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/nick-chase-who-the-sci.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Nick Chase, who the scientists called 'one of Britain's most skilled dinosaur hunters', found most of the new spinosaurid bones.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/nick-chase-who-the-sci.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Chase, who the scientists called 'one of Britain's most skilled dinosaur hunters', found most of the new spinosaurid bones\" title=\"Nick Chase, who the scientists called 'one of Britain's most skilled dinosaur hunters', found most of the new spinosaurid bones.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Nick Chase, who the scientists called &#8216;one of Britain&#8217;s most skilled dinosaur hunters&#8217;, found most of the new spinosaurid bones.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The team had already identified two new spinosaurid species on the Isle of Wight, including the Ceratosuchops inferodios\u2014dubbed the &#8220;hell heron&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This new animal bolsters our previous argument\u2014published last year\u2014that spinosaurid dinosaurs originated and diversified in western Europe before becoming more widespread,&#8221; study co-author Darren Naish said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Collector&#8217;s &#8216;uncanny ability&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The palaeontologists paid tribute to Chase, who always donated whatever bones he found to museums.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of these amazing fossils were found by Nick Chase, one of Britain&#8217;s most skilled dinosaur hunters, who sadly died just before the COVID epidemic,&#8221; said study co-author Jeremy Lockwood, a Ph.D. student at the University of Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>Barker said Chase&#8217;s &#8220;uncanny ability&#8221; to find bones showed that &#8220;it&#8217;s not just professional palaeontologists who are making impacts in the discipline&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery &#8220;highlights the fact that collectors have a big role to play in modern palaeontology and their generosity helps move <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> forwards&#8221;, he added.<\/p>\n<p>And if there any aspiring fossil hunters hoping to pick up where Chase left off, the palaeontologists would welcome more White Rock spinosaurid bones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope that a passerby might pick up some bits and donate them,&#8221; Barker said.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Europe&#8217;s largest land predator unearthed on the Isle of Wight\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Chris T. 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