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New dinosaur fossil discovered in Egyptian desert

A team of researchers has discovered fossils likely belonging to the Abelisauridae family that lived in the Western Desert of Egypt 98 million years ago.

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The skull and neck of a Carnotaurus specimen is seen at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Feb. 1, 2011, in Los Angeles, California. — Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

CAIRO — An Egyptian team of paleontologists has discovered fossils of a dinosaur that lived 98 million years ago in the Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt.

Egypt’s Mansoura University announced June 8 that a team from its Vertebrate Paleontology Center made the discovery in the Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. The discovery was featured in England’s Royal Society Publishing.

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