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 Vroege voorouder van T-rex ontdekt in China  infographic
Graphic shows details of theropod Linhenykus described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Vroege voorouder van T-rex ontdekt in China

January 24, 2011 - Researchers have discovered a cousin of today’s birds which was also a tiny ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex. Named Linhenykus monodactylus, it lived 84 to 75 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceous period.

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PUBLISHED: 24/01/2011; STORY: Duncan Mil; PICTURES: National Academy Sciences
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