This study confirmed that those separate bones were likely from the same dinosaur, which probably lived north of where its bones were found; the researchers speculate the carcass had washed out into the shallow sea nearby.

The team's findings will be published in the journal Papers in Palaeontology.

Paul Farrell, from the Isle of Wight town of Ryde, was one of the people who stumbled upon the bones.

The Isle of Wight is one of the top locations for dinosaur remains and fossils in Europe, and is home to the Dinosaur Isle Museum, where all of the lucky fossil hunters brought the Vectaerovenator bones.

They will now be displayed at the museum.

"This remarkable discovery of connected fossils by three different individuals and groups will add to the extensive collection we have and it's great we can now confirm their significance and put them on display for the public to marvel at," said Martin Munt, the museum curator.