UK News 23-11-2004 who: Palaeontologist Dr Darren Naish what: Says amateur has found remains of UK`s biggest ever dinosaur where: University of Portsmouth, PORTSMOUTH when: Yesterday snippet: Fossil hunter Gavin Leng found the first bone from the sauropod on the Isle of Wight in 1992 but its true importance was recognised only recently, says The Independent. The creature, which lived "around 130 million years ago when Britain was subtropical," would have been about 66 feet long, weighing up to 50 tons. [... more]

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