A archaeology student recalls digging at the Boxgrove Man fossils site with friends in 1982.
The sale of the rare skeleton reignites debate in the scientific community about whether dinosaur remains should end up in private hands or public view.
Rachel Proudlove says it is "a great legacy" for her late husband Will to be remembered by.
The 175-million-year-old reptile is the first ichthyosaur found in its rock layer.
Invictibellatrix would have been up to four metres long with feathers and had 20cm claws.
The reptile had long, needle-like teeth that were unusual among long-snouted crocodiles.
Hundreds of scientifically important fossil records from the Dorset and East Devon coast are online.
More than 70 million specimens from 100 UK collections will be put into an online digital museum
Fossilised teeth across Europe had been wrongly identified until the latest find in south Wales.
