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Gigantoraptor

by

Julius T. Csotonyi/Novapix

Reference

t-din03-34002

Date

2010-04-26

Gigantoraptor erlianensis was a giant oviraptorosaurian dinosaur that lived 85 million years ago during the late Cretaceous Period. Found from northern Chinas and Inner Mongolia. It was nearly 8 meters long and weighed about 1.4 tonnes.