The Deinocheirus puzzle solved!
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MemberCompsognathusOctober 23, 20141813 Views9 RepliesFinally Found: The Body That Goes With These Monstrous Dinosaur Arms:
In 1965, paleontologists unearthed a ghastly pair of eight-foot, claw-tipped dinosaur arms, and little else. Since then, researchers have been searching for the rest of Deinocheirus mirificus (Latin for "unusual, horrible hands"). Now, a team working in Mongolia has found it.
About the creature: "Deinocheirus was much weirder than anyone could have imagined," University of Edinburgh paleontologist Stephen Brusatte told National Geographic's Ed Yong, "a colossal, slow-moving, horse-headed, hump-backed dinosaur that looks like something out of a bad sci-fi movie."
"At thirty-six feet long and twelve-thousand tons, Deinocheirus was certainly quite large, and its relatively stubby legs would suggest it took its time getting around. Along its back ran a prominent sail. Its face was elongated, and tapered to a toothless, duck-like beak:
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