Brand new dinosaur species discovered on the Isle of Wight

Check out this amazing artist's drawing of the brand new dinosaur discovery

Can you say istiorachis macaruthurae?

Well, it's best to start learning now, as it's the name of the brand new dinosaur that's been discovered in the UK.

The creature's fossils were found on the Isle of Wight, England's largest island, and were originally thought to belong to one of the dinosaur species already known to have lived in the area.

But new research from a PhD student has proved otherwise.

Read more about the new dino on the block below, as well as the famous face it's been named after.

It was this retired GP and student's new analysis that lead to the finding

Dr Jeremy Lockwood published his findings in a scientific journal, called Papers in Palaeontology, after taking another look at the fossils.

He said: "While the skeleton wasn't as complete as some of the others that have been found, no-one had really taken a close look at these bones before."

One of the things that Dr Jeremy found was that the dinosaur had a very long neural spine, which was evidence that it was a different species.

A neural spine is something that would have probably looked like a large sail that sat on top of the dinosaur's back.

Dr Jeremy thinks that this sail would have been used by the dinosaur to find a mate, passing the trait on for future generations of the species.

Dame Ellen MacArthur now has this honour added to her list of amazing achievements

The development in these long, sail-like spines - which would have established this dinosaur as a different species - began in the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous, around 140 million years ago.

And it was this sail that gave the species its name, istiorachis macaruthurae. The first word means 'sail spine', and the second is a shout out to a famous athlete's surname - Dame Ellen MacArthur, who's also no stranger to sails.

Twenty years ago, she became the fastest solo sailor to sail around the world at the time, spending 71 days alone at sea.

Like the dino, Dame Ellen also comes from the Isle of Wight - just a few hundred million years later!

How many people can say they've had a dinosaur named after them?