for the first time in more than 140 years. it was discovered in rocks dating back between 66 and 145 million years. the species belongs to the plant eating ankylosaur group. earlier, we spoke to the lead author of the study, stuart pond from the natural history museum. it is very exciting. this is the first ankylosaur on the isle of wight since 1865, 140 years since it was written up. to find there is another ankylosaur on the island is quite significant. it has implications for how we understand the dinosaur fauna of the island. and ankylosauria as a family. we look very closely at the bones and we study them and do all the measuring and the quantifying of them and then we compare them
will be introduced for a million people in england from next summer. it is expected to find 5000 cases of the disease every year. the telegraph features an image of oscar winning actress and former labour mp glenda jackson, who has died aged 87. later, we ll be speaking to presenterjohn wilson, who interviewed glenda recently on radio 4. ido i do not want to be obsessed with the ankylosaur. did you want to talk about glenda jackson? this is from the obituaries inside the telegraph. it is an interesting read. all about her life, career as an actress and of course as a politician. in some of the detail here, things, you often read about
preserved, so it is really, really fantastic to see this material, it s very nicely preserved, and it tells us there were more ankylosaurs on the isle of wight than we had previously realised. so we re going to have to go back and look at all the material we thought we knew and reappraise it, in light of this. that s really interesting, because i think i m right in saying that this is a different type of species. so you had different types of species of dinosaur living effectively side by side on a pretty small island? yeah. and, actually, when we looked at the relationships, the two ankylosaurs that are known from the island aren t very closely related to each other at all. so this one is about 8 million years older than polacanthus, which is the ankylosaur that s known really well from the isle of wight. so to put that in context, we share a common ancestor with orangutans about 12 million years ago, so there s a lot of evolution that can occur in that time period, so we re not quite
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called the findings deranged committed a campaign of abuse. it is the first new species of armoured dinosaurs to be found on the isle of wight since 1865 and it belongs to the same family. let s speak to the lead author of the study, professor stuart pond who s a palaeontologist at the natural history museum. i may have pronounced that incorrectly, i am sorry, you may have to correct me on that. talk to me about the significance of the discovery. we will have a look at this. tell me about how exciting this. tell me about how exciting this discovery is. $5 this. tell me about how exciting this discovery is. this discovery is. as you said, it is very exciting. this discovery is. as you said, it is very exciting. this this discovery is. as you said, it is very exciting. this is - this discovery is. as you said, it is very exciting. this is the - this discovery is. as you said, it is very exciting. this is the first| is very exciting. this is the first dinosaur on the isle of wight