Bizarre New Horned Tyrannosaur From Asia: Carnivorous But Smaller T. Rex Relative 'Like Ballerina'

Monday, October 5, 2009 - 15:35 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Just a few weeks after tiny, early Raptorex kriegsteini was unveiled, a new wrench has been thrown into the family tree of the tyrannosaurs. The new Alioramus altai -- a horned, long-snouted, gracile cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex -- shared the same environment with larger, predatory relatives.

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