A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.

The Isle of Wight and the U.K. as a whole are exceptionally rich areas for fossil hunting, Thompson said. Some of the most famous dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period include the three-horned ...

Melanie Hobson/ Shutterstock The dinosaur-containing rocks on the Isle of Wight are up to 130 million years old, a part of Earth’s prehistory known as the Cretaceous Period. More than 20 types of ...

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