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"The remains of a huge beaked dinosaur with the looks of an ostrich but the weight of a rhino have been discovered in China's Gobi desert, fossil hunters have announced.
The previously unknown dinosaur weighed in around 1.5 tons (1.4 metric tons) and stood more than 16 feet (5 meters) tall—an extraordinary size given its birdlike appearance, say the Chinese researchers who found it. (See a photo gallery of the giant dinosaur), full story;
http
/news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...t-dinosaur.html
I wonder whether it was related to the early terror birds like Gastornis at all? By the sound of it though, Gigantoraptor Erlianensis would have been a truly terrifying sight either way though.
Gastornis;
Gigantoraptor;
Possible close evolutionary relatives? Hmm....
The previously unknown dinosaur weighed in around 1.5 tons (1.4 metric tons) and stood more than 16 feet (5 meters) tall—an extraordinary size given its birdlike appearance, say the Chinese researchers who found it. (See a photo gallery of the giant dinosaur), full story;
http
/news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...t-dinosaur.htmlI wonder whether it was related to the early terror birds like Gastornis at all? By the sound of it though, Gigantoraptor Erlianensis would have been a truly terrifying sight either way though.
Gastornis;
Gigantoraptor;
Possible close evolutionary relatives? Hmm....
