Eotyrannus lengi, one of the most recent Isle of Wight dinosaur discoveries, is very important because it may be the earliest tyrannosauroid ever found, pre-dating Tyrannosaurus rex by nearly 80 million years. There is only one incomplete skeleton, the holotype, IWCMS 1997.550. The bones are quite fragile and they are entombed in a very hard matrix. Eotyrannus is still being studied, but Dinosaur Isle displays parts of the skull and various hand elements, along with a superb life-sized restoration.
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