The British island is the largest carnivorous dinosaur in Europe!

The British island is the largest carnivorous dinosaur in Europe!

Europe is the earliest foundation in the world, but it lacks the trace of giant carnivorous dinosaurs. Not long ago, paleontologists found some broken dinosaur fossils on White Island in the UK, which may represent the largest carnivorous dinosaur known in Europe!

Isle of WIGHT is an island with a area of ​​only 384 square kilometers in southern Britain, but because the island has a variety of landforms, the scenery has become an important tourist destination.

Picture Note: The scenery of the Spirit island, the picture is from the Internet, the picture comes from the Internet

There is the thickest British Permiral Clash on White Island, and the strata include rich fossils, especially dinosaur fossils. It is relying on rich fossil resources that White Island has named many new dinosaurs in recent years. In the past 2021, paleontologists have named four dinosaurs from White Island, including Get White. The island thief (VectirapTor Greeni), Brightoneus Simmondsi, CERATOSUCHOPS Inferodios, and Riparovenator Milnerae.

Picture Note: The Candidate Dragon and Binlong Dragon Dragon restored picture found on White Island, author Anthony

Among these dinosaurs, the corner crocodile dragons and Binlonglon are both the family of the Dragon Dragon, and the body is large -scale carnivorous dinosaurs between 8 and 9 meters, but there is still a larger dinosaur fossil on White Island. These fossils are the famous fossil hunter Nick Chase. He is a fossil discovered in the Vectis Formation, but the fossils are very broken and cannot be used for naming. Call it White Rock Spinosaurid.

Picture Note: The area found by Baishi Estabels, pictures from the Internet

Picture Note: The fossils of the white stone spiny dragon currently discovered are from the network from the Internet

In 2022, paleontologists published an article entitled "European Giant: A European Giant: A Large Spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theeropoda) from the The paper of Vectis Formation (Wealden Group, Early Cretaceous), which belongs to the papers, attribute white rocky spiny dragon to the thorn dragon family, which is close to the relationship with fish hunting dragons in classification.

Caption: The possible classification location of Baishi Estabels, the picture is from the network

Paleochians tried to use limited fossils to speculate on their length. They noticed that the abnormally huge pre -sacral vertebrae fossils were larger than all of the thorn dragon dinosaurs. Between 16.6 meters. If this value is estimated to be correct, then Baishuka Ronglong will become the largest known carnivorous dinosaur, and it will also become one of the longest known carnivorous dinosaurs.

Picture Note: Some fossils belonging to Baishi Estate Dragon, pictures come from the Internet

Regarding the length of Baishura Dragon, most of the reports are more than 10 meters, and this body is quite large. Due to the limited fossils found, when restoring the white stone spiny dragon, a more conservative legs were restored, making it look more like thorn dragon dinosaurs such as heavy claw dragons and crocodile dragons.

The discovery of Baishi Sobolo Dragon has caused heated discussions on the largest carnivorous dinosaur in Europe. After all, before it, the largest carnivorous dinosaur discovered in Europe was the Torvosaurus Gurneyi. Discovery is Portugal.

Picture Note: Ge's Barbarians recovered, pictures are from the Internet

Picture Note: Comparison of Ge's Barbarians and humans, pictures are from the Internet

White Stone Dragon is the fourth type of Dragon Dragon discovered by the UK. Although it has not been officially named, it proves the richness and diversity of spiny dragon species in western Europe. Considering the survival of these thorn dragon dinosaurs It was relatively early, so some paleontologists proposed that the thorn dragon family was a hypothesis originated in western Europe. As well as

Judging from the founding of the founding, Baishi spiny dragon lives in the early Baiya period 125 million years ago, but it is the youngest member of the Dragon Department found in the UK. Hypsilophodon (Hypsilophodon), Mantellisaurus, and Polacanthus.

Picture Note: Mantel Dragon restoration picture, picture from the Internet

According to the family speculation, Baishi Estate Dragon is still a full -time fisherman who lives at the water, mainly fish -eating, and is also the body of picking other animals. Although we cannot truly determine the size of the white stone spiny dragon, its discovery provides a lot of important information to help us restore the evolution of the Dragon Department!

Picture Note: The Dragon Department is really a group of magical dinosaurs, the picture comes from the Internet

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Text / Jiang's Little Thief Dragon (Jiang Hong)

Capture / Jiang's Little Thief Dragon

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