T. rex and Raptorex (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

T. rex and Raptorex

Caption

Weighing as little as 1/100th that of its descendant T. rex, 125-million year old Raptorex shows off the distinctive body plan of this most dominant line of predatory dinosaurs. This is based on a fossil skeleton discovered in Inner Mongolia, China.

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Drawing by Todd Marshall

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