Meat-Eating Dinosaur Was Bigger Than T. Rex

[muriel_volestrangler]

At least seven of the animals were uncovered together in a mass fossil graveyard in western Patagonia, a region famous for giant-dinosaur remains.

Living some 100 million years ago, the largest specimen was more than 40 feet (12.5 meters) long.

Researchers say the new species, named Mapusaurus roseae, is possibly even larger than its close relative Giganotosaurus, which in 1995 took T. rex's crown as the world's biggest known carnivorous dinosaur.

The find is also one of the first to suggest giant meat-eating dinosaurs lived in groups.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0417_060417_large_dino.html

[Phoonzang]

1. Wow, that picture is classic n/t