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Found, a New Species of Dinosaur T-Rex In China


Chinese scientists revealed that they had discovered a new species of giant dinosaur therapoda in the country's southern province, Shandong. New species described close relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) is named "Zhuchengtyrannus magnus."
Experts peleontologi ensure the new species was once found on a unique jaw following the examination of the skull and jaw bones found in the city of Zhucheng. Ancient bones was estimated winded 11 meters and as high as 4 meters, with nearly 7 tons of weight.
"We found two kinds of fossil tyrannosaurus here and the identity of one of them is still unclear," said Xu Xing, a researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleontropologi, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
"We named this new genus Zhuchengtyrannus magnus, which means` giant `Zhucheng because bones are found in Zhucheng," said Xu.
Ancient bones was a few centimeters shorter than the similar bones in the species T. Rex. So, there's no doubt that Zhuchengtyrannus is a big tyrannosaurus, said Xu was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
According to Xu, Zhuchengtyrannus magnus is a member of a group called the special therapoda tyrannosaurines in North America and east Asia during the Late Cretaceous Period between the ages of 65 to 99 million years.
All tyrannosaurs are carnivores (meat eaters), two-legged are generally also have small hands and a large skull. Among the tyrannosaurus family, the tyrannosaurines is the largest and has a characteristic only had two fingers on each hand and a very powerful jaws that can tear a bite bone.
They are predators (predators), as well as scavengers. Excavation of fossils in Zhucheng contains one of the largest concentrations of dinosaur bones in the world. At least 10 species of dinosaur found in three series of excavations since the 1960s, including the Tyrannosaurus and hadrosaurs.