New dinosaur found in Spain illuminates history of meat-eating group

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New dinosaur found in Spain illuminates history of meat-eating group
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Scientists say they have unearthed a partial skeleton of a previously unknown dinosaur species in the town of Cinctorres in the Spanish province of Castellon.

Scientists say it roamed the Earth 126-127 million years agoThe discovery helps provide a deeper understanding of a highly successful group of meat-eaters that hunted on land and in the water., was 10 -11 metres long and weighed about 2 tonnes.

Both had skulls that are more elongated than many other meat-eating dinosaurs. Baryonyx also had a very large claw on the first finger, although no limb remains of protathlitis were found. "Protathlitis probably hunted on land, near coastal zones, and only occasionally hunted fish," he said.

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