Scientists have discovered a new Cretaceous-era dinosaur species by examining photos of a fossil lost during an allied air raid in World World II Munich.

The fossil, destroyed in an air raid 80 years ago, had faded from memory until a paleontologist found archival images.

Less than a decade later, World War II swallowed Germany. The fossils were housed in the Old Academy building of the Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology when the campus was hit by air raids on July 21, 1944, completely destroying the wing containing fossils from Egypt, researchers said.

Scientists Recover Lost Photos of Fossils Destroyed in World War II, Baffled to Identify a Giant New Dinosaur Species Scientists have discovered a new massive dinosaur species after finding lost photographs of fossils destroyed by bombing raids during World War II,