Dinosaur fossils are of ‘terrifying’ new species

FOSSILS unearthed in Africa have been identified as two new species of carnivorous dinosaur, a British university announced yesterday.

Dinosaur fossils are of ‘terrifying’ new species

The remains of the 110-million-year-old animals, one of which would have made “a terrifying adversary”, were found in the Sahara Desert and have been identified by Bristol University student Steve Brusatte and his former professor, Dr Paul Serano.

University of Chicago research adviser, renowned palaeontologist and dinosaur hunter Dr Serano discovered the dinosaurs during a dig in 2000.

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