Previously unknown dinosaur found in Bavaria
Tuesday, 27 July 1999
The head of the Eichstaett Museum of Palaeontology, Guenter Viohl, says experts have described the find of the 151-million-year-old dinosaur, which has yet to be named, as sensational.
The fossil, which was discovered by brothers Hans and Klaus-Dieter Weiss, predates the primitive bird Archaeopteryx, also found in the same area, by some one million years.
The skull, equipped with huge teeth, measures eight centimetres in length and appears to be that of a young animal.
It is believed the beast would have been about the size of a turkey.