Hefty, ostrich-like dino found in China

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 11:14 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Dinosaurs resembling ostriches on steroids ran through Early Cretaceous China around 120 million years ago, according to a new paper that describes one such 1,400-pound beast that had 6-inch-long hand claws and stood 10 feet at the hip.

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