Fossilized Teeth Highlight Theropod Dinosaur Diversity in Prehistoric East Sussex

Several groups of meat-eating dinosaurs -- tyrannosaurs, spinosaurs and members of the Velociraptor family -- stalked what is now the Bexhill-on-Sea region in East Sussex, England, approximately 135 million years ago (Early Cretaceous epoch), according to new research. The post Fossilized Teeth Highlight Theropod Dinosaur Diversity in Prehistoric East Sussex appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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Fossilized Teeth Highlight Theropod Dinosaur Diversity in Prehistoric East Sussex
An Early Cretaceous floodplain in southeastern England, 135 million years ago: a spinosaur (center) takes over the carcass of an ornithopod, much to the annoyance of the smaller tyrannosaurs (left) and dromaeosaurids (bottom right). Image credit: Anthony Hutchings.

Several groups of meat-eating dinosaurs -- tyrannosaurs, spinosaurs and members of the Velociraptor family -- stalked what is now the Bexhill-on-Sea region in East Sussex, England, approximately 135 million years ago (Early Cretaceous epoch), according to new research.

The post Fossilized Teeth Highlight Theropod Dinosaur Diversity in Prehistoric East Sussex appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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