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A new species of dinosaur unearthed on the Isle of Wight has been named in honour of the man who found it, following his death.

The 125 million-year-old specimen was found in Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight in 2013 by fossil hunter Nick Chase, who died of cancer in 2019.

PhD student Jeremy Lockwood determined the skeleton was a new genus and species, naming it Comptonatus chasei in a tribute to Mr Chase.

Mr Chase's son, Will, who was present at the excavation in 2013, described his father as "a wonderful man and a treasure for the island".

The fossilised bones are the most complete dinosaur discovered in the UK in the last century and are described in a new scientific paper.