World Scene: Argentina

Unusual dinosaur fossil

An unusual raptor dinosaur found in Argentina is the largest of its kind found so far in the southern hemisphere, with awkwardly short arms that made it resemble a Tyrannosaurus, researchers reported on Tuesday.

The creature would have weighed 368 kg and been nearly 5 meters long when it hunted in what is now Patagonia 100 million to 65 million years ago, the researchers said.

(China Daily 12/18/2008 page11)