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    'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered(3)

    2014-05-17 10:51 China Daily Web Editor: Mo Hong'e
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    Two Qianzhousaurus sinensis individuals are pictured hunting in this undated handout artist's rendering. The larger one is chasing a small feathered dinosaur called Nankangia and the smaller is eating a lizard. Scientists on Wednesday identified a new member of Tyrannosaurus rex's family, a beast named Qianzhousaurus sinensis that was up to 30 feet (9 meters) long and stalked China at the very end of the age of dinosaurs. [Photo/Agencies]

    Two Qianzhousaurus sinensis individuals are pictured hunting in this undated handout artist's rendering. The larger one is chasing a small feathered dinosaur called Nankangia and the smaller is eating a lizard. Scientists on Wednesday identified a new member of Tyrannosaurus rex's family, a beast named Qianzhousaurus sinensis that was up to 30 feet (9 meters) long and stalked China at the very end of the age of dinosaurs. [Photo/Agencies]

    Its genus name, Leinkupal, means "vanishing family" in theregion's indigenous Mapuche language - signifying thedisappearance of this family of dinosaurs. Its species name,laticauda, means "wide tail" in Latin.

    The findings were published in the journal PLOS ONE.

     

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