Weird Science

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A New Dinosaur

Vectaerovenator inopinatus

I'm posting this here because it's supposed to be a scientific discovery. Besides there's a Canadian forumer that grows desperate whenever she hears about dinosaur related stuff. Nope, she's never played golf nor hockey.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-53738762

In 2019 the vectaerovenator inopinatus was unearthed in Shanklin, Isle of Wight but it took them about a year to realize it was related to T. Rex and birds!
This animal is considered a theropod and has got some interesting air sacs.
Theropods feature hollow bones and three-toed limbs and are considered to be carnivorous but some of them might have had quite different tastes like preferring to consume lots of fish for instance.

These air sacs, also seen in modern birds, were extensions of the lung, and it is likely they "helped fuel an efficient breathing system while also making the skeleton lighter", the University of Southampton said.
Parts of its skeleton must have been rather delicate.
It is likely that the Vectaerovenator lived in an area just north of where its remains were found, with the carcass having washed out into the shallow sea nearby.

What a curious way to become aerodynamic up to some point!
Sadly, his story didn't end up very well... Could this mean his  environment was quite hostile?

Where can you pay him a visit?  
That's a curious question indeed. You'd need to travel to the Dinosaur Isle Museum at Sandown where they're being displayed.

I was walking along the beach, kicking stones and came across what looked like a bone from a dinosaur.

Who would tell kicking stones would pay off?