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T. Rex had a cousin. Imagine the family BBQs...

03 April 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Science
He's called Zhuchengtyrannus magnus, but I bet that gets condensed to something more like Z. Mag when people start taking about him. He's the latest fossil find to come from China - an 11-metre-long, 4-metre-tall theropod weighing in at 6 tonnes. That's pretty close to the size of T. Rex, his huge carnivorous cousin. Imagine the fun...

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Goodbye Triceratops, hello Torosaurus

07 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Science
Another cherished childhood myth demolished. This week paleontologists Jack Horner (one of those I respect the most) and John Scannella revealed that the beloved Triceratops was not a separate species, but rather the immature form of Torosaurus. First Brontosaurus, now Triceratops...

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