Fossils of new crested dinosaur found in China

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    Lee Bowman said:
    Thursday, February 09, 2006
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    Before Tyrannosaurus rex, a crested dragon dinosaur roamed the marshy shores of a lakebed in what is now far western China 160 million years ago.

    An international team of scientists reported the discovery of two fossil specimens of the new dinosaur online yesterday in the journal Nature.

    Scientists called the dinosaurs Guanlong wucaii , or "crowned dragon of Wucaiwan." They are the oldest and most primitive members of the tyrannosaur family and are expected to also shed light on an even bigger group, the coelurosaurs, that gave rise to birds in an evolutionary branching.
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    https://www.dispatch.com/science/science.php?story=dispatch/2006/02/09/20060209-A8-01.html

    [PokeCommunity.com] Fossils of new crested dinosaur found in China


    Fascinating, who can ever thought the big bahemoth T-Rex actually evolved from dragon like dinosaur from over 160 million years ago.
     
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    That is interesting. Pity they didn't show a photo of the fossils. The description of that Guanlong wucaii sort of reminded me of the Spinosaurus only on a smaller scale and of course not with the giant sail on it's back but a smaller one on it's head.
     
    Aww no pictures? ;_; It's just words then, nothing impressive unless there's a sweet fossil picture XD
     
    Interesting discovery, though to me it doesn't look like a dragon. I'd like to see pictures of the actual fossils, if they've been released.
     
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