Article 7Y2B 'Bizarre' Jurassic dinosaur discovered in remarkable new find

'Bizarre' Jurassic dinosaur discovered in remarkable new find

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Ian Sample, science editor
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Chilesaurus diegosuarezi was related to Tyrannosaurus rex, but was vegetarian and has other curious features

Fossil hunters in Chile have unearthed the remains of a bizarre Jurassic dinosaur that combined a curious mixture of features from different prehistoric animals.

The evolutionary muddle of a beast grew to the size of a small horse and was the most abundant animal to be found 145 million years ago, in what is now the Aysi(C)n region of Patagonia.

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