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The most fascinating discovery concerning Linhenykus monodactylus is that unlike the T. rex, it had one finger instead of three.
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Linhenykus monodactylus died out about 80 million years ago.
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The newly named species of theropod, Linhenykus monodactylus, would have been about a meter
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The claws of Linhenykus were likely used for digging - its arm bones had adaptations "very similar to what you see in moles," Hone said.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Linhenykus monodactylus stood just 60cm tall and weighed about the same as a large parrot.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Linhenykus probably lost the use of its other fingers because "there is really not much that a multi-clawed hand would have done," Hone added.
FOXNews.com 2011
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The new raptor is named Linhenykus monodactylus -Linhenykus means "claw from Linhe," the city in Inner Mongolia near where the specimen was found in 2008, and monodactylus means "one-fingered."
FOXNews.com 2011
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"Tyrannosaurs were unusual in having just two fingers but the one-fingered Linhenykus shows how extensive and complex theropod hand modifications really were."
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Linhenykus monodactylus, the new one-fingered dinosaur.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Scientists are not sure why Linhenykus evolved to no longer have his other two digits, but the study theorized that "their disappearance may simply reflect the fact that they were no longer being actively maintained by natural selection."
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