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New 'Monster Raptor' Found

Illustration: The newly discovered Austroraptor (left) attacking a juvenile sauropod dinosaurScientists have uncovered a new dinosaur in Argentina, and it's a big one! The Austroraptor cabazai is the largest raptor ever found in South America and it is among the largest members of the carnivorous raptor family. These raptors grew to be 16.5 to 21 feet long (5 to 6.5 meters).

A raptor this big would certainly have been a fierce predator. Paul Sereno, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago, says that "this was a monster raptor that makes the Velociraptor look like kid's play."

Read more on National Geographic News.

Check out the Velociraptor Creature Feature.



Image courtesy Fernando Novas

6 Comments

all ordinary animals can do extraordinary things!

i dont think so esteban95

omg i dislike it but i know people might like it.

that is an awesome dinoausaur you found

thats weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrd

That is one COOL raptor! Maybe someone in a few years or more will discover a raptor even BIGGER then Aursroraptor cabazai!

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