The Gobi Desert just gained another actor in its cast of Late Cretaceous characters. Paleontologists have unveiled Shri rapax, a stocky, two legged predator with a body that stretched only about 6.5 feet (2 meters) but had some serious weaponry. Unearthed after a winding journey through private collections, and eventually repatriated to Mongolia, the fossil shows a creature that roamed …
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