Daily Express

Dino-claws had hands like knives

- By Mark Waghorn

A FORMIDABLE dinosaur as big as a bus had Edward Scissorhan­ds style killer claws – with five razor sharp fingers like a Swiss Army knife.

A particular­ly deadly spike protruded from the thumb, say scientists, which came in handy when fighting predators and slicing fruit.

The creature, named Portellsau­rus Sosbaynati, roamed around Spain 130 million years ago.

Around 10ft tall, 26ft long and weighing more than four tons, it was identified from a jawbone dug up in Portell, Catalonia.

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