New dinosaur unearthed in Italy Scientists in Italy have found fossil fragments from a new species of dinosaur that walked the Earth 200 million years ago.
Experts say it is one of the oldest meat-eating reptiles ever discovered.
Fossil remains of the predator were found entombed in limestone in a quarry in the north of the country. The dinosaur was unusual in having three rather than four fingers which it would have used to grasp its prey. It also had a wishbone, an adaptation that some believe later gave birds flight. Until now, experts had believed that these features arose much later in dinosaur evolution. There are anatomical features typical of more evolved meat-eating dinosaurs.