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Giant horned dinosaur's fossils were destroyed in WWII — but photos reveal it was an unknown species

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

Newsweek · 2h

Lost Dinosaur Destroyed in WWII Bombing Was New Species, Photos Reveal

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.

Miami Herald on MSN · 1d

Dinosaur fossils were destroyed in WWII. Now, photos reveal they were a new species

Less than a decade later, World War II swallowed Germany. The fossils were housed in the Old Academy building of the Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology when the campus was hit by air raids on July 21, 1944, completely destroying the wing containing fossils from Egypt, researchers said.

ZME Science on MSN · 4h

WWII bombing destroyed these fossils. Now, rediscovered old photos reveal a new colossal dinosaur

In the summer of 1914, an Austrian fossil collector named Richard Markgraf uncovered the bones of a colossal dinosaur in Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis. Shipped to Munich, the fossil was carefully studied by Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach,

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The Grueling Life of a WWII German U-Boat Crew Member

The U-boat was not some near-mythical creature as it was almost portrayed by the Allied media, nor even was it a drone built ...

Somerville airman killed in WWII officially accounted for nearly 80 years after plane shot down over Germany

U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Loring E. Lord was 28 and served as a gunner aboard an A-26B “Invader” on a bombing mission ...

DPA International on MSN1d

Bomb from World War II defused in western German city of Hanau

A World War II bomb was defused in the western German city of Hanau on Wednesday. "The bomb has been defused," authorities ...

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WWII Allies refused to destroy Germany — now it’s ruined itself with leftist policies

The harsh postwar ‘Morgethau plan’ would have rendered Germany incapable of ever starting another world war in Europe. Today, ...

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Remains of Mass. airman shot down over Germany in 1945 identified

The remains of a Massachusetts airman whose aircraft was shot down over Germany during World War II have been identified, and ...

See inside a WWII-era U-boat, the only submarine that the US Navy captured intact and towed home

Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II.

1945, the last year of World War II: Here's all that happened 80 years back

Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial ...

1945, The Last Year Of World War II

Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes in November.

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WWII pilot Bill Patten buried at Fort Snelling with military honors

Bill Patten was an everyman of the Greatest Generation. When World War II broke out, he answered President Franklyn Roosevelt ...

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