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Raptorex – a prototype T. rex

By Ewen Callaway

17 September 2009

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The fossil, dressed up

(Image: Mike Hettwer)

Long before Tyrannosaurus rex ruled the planet, its diminutive ancestor Raptorex was terrorising smaller animals in what is now northern China.

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