Giant horned dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils were destroyed in World War 2

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Colossal New Dinosaur Identified From Photos of Fossils Destroyed in WWII

Paleontologists usually find new dinosaur species in the ground, maybe surrounded by dirt, perhaps encased in sedimentary rocks. They don’t usually find them in pre-World War II photos, but according to a study published in the scientific journal PLOS One, researchers in Munich, Germany, did exactly that. The original fossil was excavated from Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis in 1914 by Richard Markgraf and sent to Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach in Munich.…

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Giant horned dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils were destroyed in World War 2

Findings suggest dinosaurs were much more diverse in North Africa than previously thought

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The fossils of Tameryraptor Markgraf have suffered a terrible misfortune. The bones, excavated from the desert over a century ago, were destroyed in bombing raids during World War II.

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Lost and Found: Giant Horned Dinosaur Fossils Rediscovered in Egypt!

Researchers have uncovered long-lost photographs of giant horned dinosaur fossils from Egypt, which were destroyed during a WWII bombing. The fossils, originally discovered in 1914 in the Bahariya...

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Scientists discover terrifying predatory dinosaur in landmark find

A huge species of dinosaur was discovered by scientists after they found photographs of the fossilised skeleton that were taken before it was destroyed in the Second World War.