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New dino in China: Linheraptor exquisitus

Science - Biology

A 2008 expedition to China has produced a new dinosaur that lived between 65 and 145 million years ago.

 

 

The six-foot long predator was found in Inner Mongolia, China, when its claw was first seen coming out of a cliff. It is named Linheraptor exquisitus.

The jaw was first discovered while several Chinese, American, and British doctoral students and researchers were exploring the rocks of the Wulansuhai Formation in Inner Mongolia, China.

Jonah Choiniere, from George Washington University and one of the discoverers, stated, "It was a total surprise that the whole skeleton was buried deeper in the rock." [MSNBC: 'Students discover clawed dinosaur in China']

The 1.8-meter long newly discovered dinosaur is a member of Dromaeosauridae ('Running Liqards'), a family of bird-like theropod dinosaurs from which modern birds evolved.

Living in the Cretaceous Period, their informal description is sometimes categorized as raptor. They had feathers and, for their time, were small to medium sized carnivores.

This particular species is thought to have come from the Upper Cretaceous Period.

Page two contains further information about photographs of its remains, and more.