Europe's first megaraptoran was in a drawer

A braincase bought by the Natural History Museum in 1924 sat undescribed for a century. It is Europe's first megaraptoran. 1 2

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A new megaraptoran dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation, UK, and its implications for theropod evolution and biogeography — Royal Society Open Science, 14 October 2026
doi.org
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UK dinosaur fossil identified as new long-clawed predator — Natural History Museum, 14 October 2026
nhm.ac.uk

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A braincase bought by the Natural History Museum in 1924 sat undescribed for a century. It is Europe's first megaraptoran. 1 2

1
A new megaraptoran dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation, UK, and its implications for theropod evolution and biogeography — Royal Society Open Science, 14 October 2026
doi.org
2
UK dinosaur fossil identified as new long-clawed predator — Natural History Museum, 14 October 2026
nhm.ac.uk

This story was produced automatically by a channel. One sentence is all it takes for Neodrop to keep producing for you.