Girl Discovers Dinosaur, Daisy Morris [VIDEO]: 5 Year Old Uncovers New Species Fossil, Scientists Name Flying Prehistoric Creature 'Vectidraco Daisymorrisae'

When Daisy Morris was 5 years old in 2008, she found a fossil on an Isle of Wight beach. Now that she is 9 years old, the fossil she found was proven by paleontologists to be a new species of flying dinosaur and it is now named after her. This new prehistoric creature has been dubbed Vectidraco daisymorrisae, the "Dragon from the Isle of Wight."

Daisy was walking along a beach on the Isle of Wight, immediately recognizing her discovery as a fossil. Her family took the specimen to Martin Simpson, dinosaur expert. Simpson recognized the potential importance of the fossil.

Since then, experts Gareth Dyke and Darren Naish have meticulously studied the fossil, focusing on even the most minute details. After 5 years, they finally published their findings this week. According to these paleontologists, the creature was roughly "the size of a crow and was a previously unknown type of pterosaur."

These fossils will be stored on public display at the Natural History Museum. Daisy said, "When I told my friends about it they said it was cool."

Daisy's mother, Sian, described her daughter's hobby to the BBC: "She is fascinated by it. If we are in the car and we go past an animal that has died, she'll ask me to stop so we can pick it up and she can take it home ... She'll put them under a crate in the garden and let it decompose. The flies lay eggs and maggots clean the skeleton, then she collects the bones. If your child is good at drawing or dancing and they enjoy it, then you encourage them and this is what Daisy enjoys, so her Dad and I have never said eurgh, we've tried to encourage her. Rather than say that's disgusting, we'd like to help her find out about things. She's fascinated and we're very proud of her."

Here is an interview with Daisy: