Palaeontologists from the University of Southampton have described a few bones from the largest land-dwelling predator the UK has ever seen. The fragments are from a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur closely related to Spinosaurus as featured in some of the Jurassic Park movies. Lead researcher Dr Neil Gostling hopes to find more of this incredible creature!
A crucial part of a bird’s flying apparatus is the furcular, or wishbone, which helps to provide some spring-effect to the down-stroke of a birds wing. The question had long been how and when did the furcular evolve? It wasn’t until John Ostrom in the mid 1960’s that it was realised that the wishbone is…
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