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New ‘giant thief’ dinosaur discovered in Argentina

MIAMI ,United States (AFP) — A previously unknown species of meat-eating dinosaur from 80 million years ago has been unearthed in Argentina, adding to the dino family known as the “Giant Thieves,” researchers said Wednesday. The fossil found in Patagonia — an area rich in bone discoveries from the Late Cretaceous Period — is named Murusraptor barrosaensis and may reveal more about the origins of the group known as the megaraptorids, according to the study […]