Animation depicts newly-discovered dinosaur species

A new species of dinosaur, Invictibellatrix amberina, has been identified from a fossil found on the Isle of Wight over a century ago and overlooked until now. The fossil, a piece of skull, was originally discovered by amateur palaeontologist Reginald Walter Tooley in 1924 and acquired by the Natural History Museum. Described in Royal Society Open Science, Invictibellatrix is believed to be one of the earliest megaraptoran species, which are related to tyrannosaurs like T. rex but had slender heads and large curved claws for attacking prey. This dinosaur, named "unconquered female warrior," lived around 120 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period and would have been about three to four metres long and just over a metre and a half tall. Lead author Dr Cassius Morrison from University College London notes that despite not being an apex predator, it could be more dangerous for humans due to its size relative to human prey.