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Isle of Wight fossil sheds light on enigmatic meat-eating dinosaurs

Reuters · Daily Maverick
Published 14 Oct 2026, 3:23 pm·just now·1 min read
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Oct 13 (Reuters) - The partial skull of a tiger-sized predator that prowled what is now the Isle of Wight off England's southern coast about 120 million years ago is giving scientists a better understanding of an enigmatic group of meat-eating dinosaurs known for running down prey and ripping them apart with massive hand claws.

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