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Post by rugbytoffee on Jun 16, 2023 12:31:31 GMT
An “important” and new species of dinosaur has been discovered on the Isle of Wight for the first time in 142 years.
The dinosaur has an armoured body and belongs to a group of plant-eating dinosaurs known as ankylosaur which are related to animals such as the Stegosaurus.
Its remains were found in the island’s Wessex Formation – a fossil site dating back to somewhere between 145 to 66 million years ago.
It is the second armoured dinosaur to be found on the island after the first one, named Polacanthus foxii, was discovered in 1865.
The new species has been named Vectipelta barretti after Professor Paul Barrett who has worked at the Natural History Museum in London for 20 years and is an expert in herbivore dinosaurs.
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