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I've been wanting to make an entry about two more new dinosaurs, the velociraptorine dromaeosaurid Linheraptor exquisitus from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, and the "prosauropod" Seitaad ruessi from the Early Jurassic of Utah.
"Fate is my destroyer. I was ambushed by a lie." greygirlbeast 2010
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I've been wanting to make an entry about two more new dinosaurs, the velociraptorine dromaeosaurid Linheraptor exquisitus from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, and the "prosauropod" Seitaad ruessi from the Early Jurassic of Utah.
"Fate is my destroyer. I was ambushed by a lie." greygirlbeast 2010
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Linheraptor exquisitus was discovered in 2008 in Inner Mongolia by George Washington University doctoral candidate Jonah Choiniere and
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Like its famous cousin, Linheraptor had a large curved toe claw on each foot which may have been used to dispatch prey.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The researchers believe Linheraptor was a quick and agile predator who stalked small horned dinosaurs related to Triceratops. see all Science News stories
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In the first, Sullivan and 10 other scientists from China, the U.S. and Britain identified a new species of dinosaur - Linheraptor exquisitus - based on an "exceptionally well-preserved, nearly complete skeleton" found in the Gobi Desert in northern China.
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Like its famous cousin, Linheraptor had a large curved toe claw on each foot which may have been used to dispatch prey.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Both Linheraptor and Velociraptor are dromaeosaurids, an extended family of meat-eating birdlike dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Both Linheraptor and Velociraptor are dromaeosaurids, an extended family of meat-eating birdlike dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Xu Xing, the manager of Sullivan's research unit at the Chinese academy, was lead author of the Linheraptor paper and hailed the "really beautiful fossil" - found in 2008 by two PhD students from Britain and the U.S. - and the light it has shed on several transitions in dinosaur anatomy.
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