Dinosaur named after fossil-loving dad from Surrey

A new species of dinosaur has been named after a dad who worked in the building where it was found in Surrey, in the south of England.

William Proudlove was a manager of the Ewhurst brick and tile works, and was very interested in fossils himself.

An ancient dino fossil was found there in 2001 and donated to the Natural History Museum, who have recently looked at the fossil again and realised it's actually a brand new species.

They have now named it Paludohadros proudlovii - a type of iguanodontian, which were plant-eating dinosaurs known for having big spikes on their thumbs.

William sadly died shortly before the fossil was discovered, but his wife Rachel told the BBC he was "fascinated" at the thought of finding dinosaur bones where he worked.

Rachel said the dinosaur being named after Will - who worked his way up the ranks to become manager - was a "huge" honour.

"It's very exciting," she told the BBC. "It's a great legacy for my husband to be remembered by.

"[We're] absolutely thrilled."

Typically, iguanadotians found in Southern England tend to be the dinosaur the group are named after, Iguanodons, or their smaller relative the mantellisaurus.

However, the Natural History Museum has in recent years done a lot of work detailing the specifics of what to look for in mantellisaurus fossils, and it turns out some that have been found over the years are a bit different.

It's meant a lot of dinosaurs previously described as mantellisaurus have now been renamed, with the paluhadros being the latest of them.