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Lost Dinosaur Destroyed in WWII Bombing Was New Species, Photos Reveal

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Researchers from Germany have identified a new species of predatory dinosaur that lived in North Africa 95 million years ago .

The only specimen of the now-lost fossil specimen was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid.

Researchers from the Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology discovered previously unknown photos of the lost specimen.

The dinosaur was 33 feet long, equivalent to a North American Tyrannosaurus rex.