Paleontologists have dug up new dinosaur drama. Researchers identified a new dinosaur species that lived in Africa roughly 95 million years ago and published their findings last week in the journal PLOS ONE.

The fossil, destroyed in an air raid 80 years ago, had faded from memory until a paleontologist found archival images.

Scientists have identified a new giant horned dinosaur species that roamed across modern-day north Africa about 95 million years ago, despite its fossilised remains being destroyed during World War II.

A new species of predatory dinosaur that lived in North Africa 95 million years ago has been identified—some 80 years after the only specimen was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid. Researchers from Germany discovered previously unknown photos of the lost specimen that allowed them to reassess the original classification of the species.

Scientists have unveiled a giant horned dinosaur from Egypt called Tameryraptor markgrafi after discovering lost photos of fossils destroyed in WWII.