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New Dinosaur Species Found In China

Posted by timothy on from the well-it's-a-big-place dept.

jones_supa writes "A previously unknown dinosaur has been identified from fossils dug up in China and has been nicknamed as 'T-Rex's cousin.' The gigantic creature roamed North America and east Asia between about 65 million and 99 million years ago. Named in honour of Zhucheng as Zhuchentyrannus magnus, this animal was about 11 metres long, 4 metres tall and it weighed about 6 tonnes. The research team was led by Dr. David Hone, from University College Dublin school of biology and environmental science."

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  1. Disgusting by oldhack · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't care what the dino people's fetish is, but stop naming dinos -annus.

    And name this one Z-Rex.

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  2. April Fools by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Article's Date

    12:30AM BST 01 Apr 2011

  3. Assumptions as Facts by Israfels · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The gigantic creature roamed North America and east Asia between about 65 million and 99 million years ago.

    If they know the region where it roamed, does that mean this isn't the first of it's species discovered? Is there other evidence of this specific species in other areas? Are they just assuming and then stating as fact? I read the article, and it suggests the later.