The discovery of a giant horned dinosaur fossil in Egypt has led to the identification of a new species, Tameryraptor markgrafi. Although the original bones were lost during World War Two, detailed notes and photographs allowed scientists to reconstruct the dinosaur's appearance. This find suggests that North Africa was home to a greater diversity of dinosaurs than previously thought.
A giant horned dinosaur species has been unearthed, despite the bones' destruction in World War Two. The 95-million-year-old skeleton was excavated in the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt before it was stored in the Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology in Munich. The findings suggest there were more species of dinosaurs in North Africa than historians previously thought. Tragically, the only remnants of the dinosaur discovery were Dr.
Stromer's notes, illustrations of the bones, and black and white photographs of the skeletons. Maximilian Kellermann, the study's first author said: “What we saw in the historical images surprised us all. Stromer’s original classification was thus incorrect. We identified a completely different, previously unknown predatory dinosaur species here and named it Tameryraptor markgrafi,” he added. The word 'Tamery' is the ancient name for Egypt and the species name 'markgrafi' is a nod to Dr. Stromer's fossil collector Richard Markgraf who performed the excavation. The dinosaur had symmetrical teeth, tiny eyes, and a little rounded horn on the bridge of its nose. “This work shows that it can be worthwhile for paleontologists to dig not only in the ground, but also in old archives,” said Oliver Rauhut, another author of the study. The extraordinary site was unearthed after a quarry worker felt 'unusual bumps' as he was stripping the clay back with his vehicle. Scientists were called in to investigate and discovered five extensive trackways - and there's evidence of more in the surrounding area. 'These footprints offer an extraordinary window into the lives of dinosaurs, revealing details about their movements, interactions, and the tropical environment they inhabited,' said Professor Kirsty Edgar, from the University of Oxford. Duncan Murdock, an Earth Scientist from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, added: 'The preservation is so detailed that we can see how the mud was deformed as the dinosaur’s feet squelched in and out. Along with other fossils like burrows, shells, and plants, we can bring to life the muddy lagoon environment the dinosaurs walked through.' Among the site are footprints belonging to the nine-meter-long ferocious predator Megalosaurus, which had huge distinctive, three-toed feet with claws
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