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Giant birdlike dinosaur found in China reshapes bird evolution
Fossil remains unearthed in Inner Mongolia’s Erlian Basin reveal Gigantoraptor elria nensis, about 26 feet long and 16 feet tall, weighing 3,000 pounds. The 35 times larger relative Caudiperyx challenges the view that dinosaurs shrank before birds, suggesting a more complex evolutionary path with feathers and a beak.
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Beijing
China
Erlian
Inner Mongolia
Xu Xing
Institute of
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology
Nature
University of Alberta