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Plant-eating spiky-armoured dinosaur species discovered
The fossilised remains of a previously unknown type of dinosaur have been found on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England.
The rather terrifying-looking giant reptile with blade-like armour - known as vectipelta barretti - was in fact a plant-eater.
Stuart Pond led the study on the ankylosaur for the UK's Natural History Museum, and he told Newshour's Tim Franks more about the discovery.
(Photo shows a CGI rendering of the dinosaur. Credit: PA Media)
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