Antrim dinosaur bones 'belong to different species'

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    The only dinosaur bones ever found on the island of Ireland have been formally confirmed for the first time by a team of experts from the University of Portsmouth and Queen’s University Belfast

    Period24 Nov 2020 → 29 Nov 2020

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    • TitleLuck Of The Irish! First-ever Dinosaur Remains Unearthed On The Emerald Isle
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletsyfy.com
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date29/11/20
      DescriptionPaleontologists have excavated the fossilized bones of a pair of Jurassic-era dinosaur species in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, which represent the first official dinosaur specimens ever documented on the Emerald Isle and also some of the rarest remains ever unearthed in Western Europe.
      URLhttps://www.syfy.com/syfywire/first-ever-dinosaur-remains-unearthed-on-the-emerald-isle
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleFirst Ever Dinosaur Bones Confirmed in Northern Ireland
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletMysterious Universe
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date29/11/20
      DescriptionThe first ever dinosaur bones have finally been confirmed in Northern Ireland. The bones belonged to a four-legged plant-eating scelidosaurus as well as a two-legged carnivore sarcosaurus. These dinosaurs roamed the island around 200 million years ago.
      Producer/AuthorJocelyne LeBlanc
      URLhttps://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/11/first-ever-dinosaur-bones-confirmed-in-northern-ireland/
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • Titlech confirms that Ireland’s "first discovery of dinosaur fossils" belonged to different species 200 million years ago
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletBomb01.com
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
      Date28/11/20
      DescriptionThe geology of Ireland is special. Scientists have never found dinosaur fossils here. But recently there have been new discoveries! A few years ago, school teacher and fossil collector Roger Byrne discovered two fossils on the east coast of County Antrim. At first, researchers thought that these two fossils came from the same dinosaur, but then they discovered that they were from the early Jurassic about 200 million years ago and belonged to two different species.
      URLhttps://www.peanutimes.com/article/90474
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleDin O'Saurs discovered! Ireland's first dinosaur fossils from 200m-year-old beasts are identified in County Antrim
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletDaily Mail
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date25/11/20
      DescriptionFossil bones from a four-legged plant-eating scelidosaurus and a deadly two-legged carnivore sarcosaurus were found in Islandmagee, on the coast of County Antrim.
      Producer/AuthorArchie Mitchell and Ryan Morrison
      URLdailymail.co.uk/news/article-8984439/Din-OSaurs-discovered-Irelands-dinosaur-fossils-County-Antrim.html
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleFossils found in Co Antrim confirmed by experts to be Ireland's only ever dinosaur bones
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletIrish News
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date25/11/20
      DescriptionThe only dinosaur bones ever discovered in Ireland have been confirmed for the first time by a team of experts. Two fossil bones believed to be 200-million years old were found in Islandmagee, Co Antrim.
      Producer/AuthorMarie Louise McConville
      URLhttps://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/11/25/news/fossils-found-in-co-antrim-confirmed-by-experts-to-be-ireland-s-only-ever-dinosaur-bones-2140401/
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleIreland's first dinosaur fossils are found in County Antrim
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletFrom Press
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date25/11/20
      DescriptionA team of experts from the University of Portsmouth and Queen's University Belfast used 3D digital models of the fossils to identify the type of dinosaur each came from
      URLhttps://pressfrom.info/uk/news/uk-news/-510642-irelands-first-dinosaur-fossils-are-found-in-county-antrim.html
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleExperts Confirm Irish Dinosaurs
      Degree of recognitionLocal
      Media name/outletThe News
      Media typePrint
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date25/11/20
      DescriptionUoP scientists have confirmed the only Dinosaur bones ever to be found on the island of Ireland
      URLhttps://printmonitoringservice.vuelio.co.uk/file/displaypdf?articleid=1349473&clientname=80796_UniversityofPortsmouth_PRINT&filename=503257224.pdf
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleAntrim dinosaur bones 'belong to different species'
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletBBC
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date24/11/20
      DescriptionThe only dinosaur bones ever found in Ireland have been confirmed to belong to two different species.The bones were previously discovered on the east coast of County Antrim. But a new scientific study from the universities of Portsmouth and Queen's in Belfast has confirmed the origins of the bones for the first time.
      URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-55056004
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleIreland’s first-ever dinosaurs discovered
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletBBC Science
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date24/11/20
      DescriptionTwo 200-million-year-old bones were found by Roger Byrne, the late schoolteacher and amateur fossil collector, who donated them along with many other fossils to Ulster Museum. At the time of donation, they were not formally identified. But now, a team of researchers at the University of Portsmouth and Queen’s University Belfast have confirmed that the fossils came from dinosaurs.
      URLhttps://www.sciencefocus.com/news/irelands-first-ever-dinosaurs-discovered/
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleDinosaur discovery: Ireland's first-ever dinosaur fossils confirmed - ‘hugely significant’
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletExpress
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date24/11/20
      DescriptionIreland’s first-ever dinosaur bones have been formally confirmed by experts at University of Portsmouth and Queen's University Belfast. The two fossil bones were first discovered by fossil collector Roger Byrne, and were then donated with the rest of his expansive fossil collection to Ulster Museum.
      Producer/AuthorTom Fish
      URLhttps://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1363979/dinosaur-discovery-ireland-dinosaur-fossils-evg
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleIreland’s only dinosaurs discovered in Antrim
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletNewsLetter
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date24/11/20
      DescriptionThe only dinosaur bones ever found on the island of Ireland have been formally confirmed for the first time by a team of experts from the University of Portsmouth and Queen’s University Belfast
      Producer/AuthorHelen McGurk
      URLhttps://www.newsletter.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/irelands-only-dinosaurs-discovered-antrim-3045769
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitlePaleontologists Find First Dinosaur Remains in Ireland
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletSci-News
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date24/11/20
      DescriptionPaleontologists have found the fossilized remains of two Jurassic dinosaur species in Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland. These are the first dinosaur remains reported from anywhere in Ireland and some of the most westerly in Europe.
      URLwww.sci-news.com/paleontology/first-dinosaur-remains-ireland-09085.html
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleFossils discovered in Antrim turn out to be only dinosaur bones found in Ireland
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletBINJ.in
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUkraine
      Date24/11/20
      DescriptionInitially, it was speculated that the fossils were of just one dinosaur but further analysis revealed that they were of two different dinosaurs.
      URLhttps://binj.in/technology/fossils-discovered-in-antrim-turn-out-to-be-only-dinosaur-bones-found-in-ireland/
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleThe only two Irish dinosaur bones were not from the same animal
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletinfobae
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryArgentina
      Date24/11/20
      DescriptionThe only dinosaur bones found on the island of Ireland have been formally confirmed for the first time by experts from the University of Portsmouth and Queen's University of Belfast
      URLhttps://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2020/11/24/ciencia-los-dos-unicos-huesos-irlandeses-de-dinosaurio-no-eran-del-mismo-animal/
      PersonsDavid Martill
    • TitleIreland's Only Dinosaurs Discovered In Antrim
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletThe Archaeology News Network
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryGreece
      Date24/11/20
      DescriptionThe only dinosaur bones ever found on the island of Ireland have been formally confirmed for the first time by a team of experts from the University of Portsmouth and Queen's University Belfast
      URLhttps://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/irelands-only-dinosaurs-discovered-in.html
      PersonsDavid Martill