Century-Old Fossil Reveals New T. Rex Cousin, Rewriting Dinosaur Evolution
A fossil collected on England’s Isle of Wight nearly 100 years ago has been identified as a new species of meat-eating dinosaur, a long-clawed megaraptoran that adds a rare European chapter to the family of predators related to Tyrannosaurus rex. The discovery underscores how museum drawers and archived specimens can still reshape scientific understanding long after fieldwork ends.
