In Images: A Ferocious Predatory Dinosaur in Europe
By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer |
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Jawbone discovery
Credit: Aart Wallen
A 2014 paper has identified a new species of top predator from Europe. In 2003, an amateur paleontologist discovered part of a dinosaur jawbone in sediments near Lourinha, Portugal.
Huge teeth
Credit: Octávio Mateus
The fearsome creature had huge bladelike teeth and an elongated snout.
Torvosaurus?
Credit: Simão Mateus
The jawbone, shown here in a skull reconstruction was originally though to belong to Torvosaurus tanneri a predator found in North America.
Closer inspection
Credit: Mateus and Hendrickx
But Christophe Hendrickx and Octavio Mateus, researchers at the Universade Nova de Lisboa, took a closer look and determined it was a new species.
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Jawbone discovery
Credit: Aart Wallen
A 2014 paper has identified a new species of top predator from Europe. In 2003, an amateur paleontologist discovered part of a dinosaur jawbone in sediments near Lourinha, Portugal.
Huge teeth
Credit: Octávio Mateus
The fearsome creature had huge bladelike teeth and an elongated snout.
Torvosaurus?
Credit: Simão Mateus
The jawbone, shown here in a skull reconstruction was originally though to belong to Torvosaurus tanneri a predator found in North America.
Closer inspection
Credit: Mateus and Hendrickx
But Christophe Hendrickx and Octavio Mateus, researchers at the Universade Nova de Lisboa, took a closer look and determined it was a new species.
