- Palaeontologists at the Natural History Museum have identified a new dinosaur species, Paludohadros proudlovii, from a fossil uncovered in Surrey more than 25 years ago.
- The 125-million-year-old four-legged herbivore roamed the muddy wetlands of southern England during the Early Cretaceous Period.
- The species is named in honour of Will Proudlove, a former manager at Ewhurst brickworks who died shortly before the fossil was excavated.
- The juvenile specimen measured around 5 metres long and weighed up to 2 tonnes, indicating adults could have grown much larger.
- Researchers believe the dinosaur coexisted with predators such as Baryonyx walkeri, which may have hunted or scavenged young Paludohadros.
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