Discovered a new giant carnivorous dinosaur that once existed in Africa

An international team of scientists has discovered the footprints of a giant carnivorous dinosaur that existed in Africa 200 million years ago.

This is the first evidence that large predators like Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs existed in the early period of Jurassic.

The findings were published by researchers at the University of Manchester in the UK, University of Cape Town of South Africa and Brazil's University of Sao Paulo in October 25 in the journal PLOS ONE.

Archaeologist on the three-finger footprint of the new dinosaur.

The new dinosaur was discovered, called "Kayentapus ambrokholohali", leaving three-foot footprints with dimensions measuring 57x50cm.

It is estimated that this creature is about 9m long, 4 times the length of a lion and smaller than the Tyrannosaurus Rex with a length of 12m.

The newly discovered dinosaur is also the largest 'mega theropod' (the giant two-legged carnivorous dinosaur) ever discovered in Africa.

Previously, scientists thought that large carnivorous dinosaurs in the early period of Jurassic were much smaller, only about 3-5m long.

These traces were found on a land in Maseru district of Lesotho.

In ancient times, this area was part of the Gondwana supercontinent, which then split into Africa and other large lands.

Compare sizes of newly discovered dinosaurs and humans.

These footprints are covered under ripples and dry water marks, indicating this place is a prehistoric water hole or river bank.

In addition, traces of smaller, large carnivorous dinosaurs are also found here.

According to Dr. Fabien Knoll of the University of Manchester, the finding is the first evidence of a giant predator in the land that is inhabited by much smaller sized carnivorous dinosaurs, also like herbivorous and omnivorous dinosaurs.