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How we identified weird and wonderful 'Jurassic platypus' dinosaur

Phys.org - Tue 28 Apr 15

When the platypus was discovered in very late 18th century, its bizarre features that appeared to be a mash-up of other animals perplexed naturalists. Now a creature from the past that would ...

Freakiest dinosaur ever found is a vegetarian relative of T. rex

Newscientist - Tue 28 Apr 15

Chilesaurus is an odd vegetarian relative of T. rex, a chimera-like hotchpotch of traits from many dinosaurs, which challenges our ideas on their evolution

Meet T.rex's 'bizarre' vegetarian cousin

ABC Science - Mon 27 Apr 15

VEGIE-SAURUS: Tyrannosaurus rex had an odd-looking vegetarian cousin with a tiny head, long neck and stubby fingers.

New Tyrannosaurus-like vegetarian dinosaur discovered in Chile

The Independent - Mon 27 Apr 15

Dinosaurs come in all shapes and sizes but there has been nothing quite so unusual as a species found in the Patagonian fossil fields of Chile, scientists have said.

T. rex cousin was early convert to vegetarianism

Science Now - Mon 27 Apr 15

Scientists find surprisingly precocious example of a meat-eating dinosaur that changed its diet

'Frankenstein' dinosaur was a mash-up of meat eater and plant eater

ScienceNews - Mon 27 Apr 15

Fossils of a bizarre-looking dinosaur found in Chile are challenging ideas about how dinosaurs adapted to their environments.

Bizarre 'platypus' dinosaur discovered

Phys.org - Mon 27 Apr 15

Although closely related to the notorious carnivore Tyrannosaurus rex, a new lineage of dinosaur discovered in Chile is proving to be an evolutionary jigsaw puzzle, as it preferred to graze ...

Bizarre 'platypus' dinosaur discovered, e! Science News - Mon 27 Apr 15
Bizarre 'platypus' dinosaur discovered, ScienceDaily - Mon 27 Apr 15

T. rex's Oddball Vegetarian Cousin Discovered

National Geographic - Wed 29 Apr 15

A newly discovered dinosaur from South America doesn't fit easily into any known category.

Bizarre cousin of T. Rex was a vegetarian

FOXNews - Tue 28 Apr 15

A relative of Tyrannosaurus rex didn't share the infamous carnivore's appetite for meat, a new study finds

Turkey Sized Vegetarian T-Rex Discovered

ZME Science - Tue 28 Apr 15

A seven year old has discovered the fossil of a turkey-sized dinosaur that roamed South America over 140 million years ago. The tiny dinosaur was related to T-Rex, but had few similarities to ...

Vegetarian T-Rex the size of a turkey discovered

Telegraph.co.uk Science - Tue 28 Apr 15

New dinosaur - a plant-eating relation of the T-Rex - has been found and named Chilesaurus diegosuarezi after boy who made discovery

A weird 'platypus' dinosaur made of mismatched parts

L.A. Times - Mon 27 Apr 15

Paleontologists have unearthed a strange new species of dinosaur that is unlike anything they have seen before.

This T-rex-Like Dino Was Vegetarian

Discovery News - Mon 27 Apr 15

T. rex had some surprising relatives, including a new dinosaur nicknamed The Platypus that loved plants instead of meat.

'Jigsaw puzzle' dinosaur Chilesaurus boasted weird mix of traits

Reuters - Mon 27 Apr 15

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed fossils of a strange dinosaur in southern Chile that boasts such an unusual combination of traits that they are comparing it to a platypus, that ...

'Bizarre' Jurassic dinosaur discovered in remarkable new find

The Guardian - Mon 27 Apr 15

Chilesaurus diegosuarezi was related to Tyrannosaurus rex, but was vegetarian and has other curious featuresFossil hunters in Chile have unearthed the remains of a bizarre Jurassic dinosaur ...

Fossils Found in Chile Depict Dinosaur With Weird Mix of Traits

Voice of America - Wed 29 Apr 15

Scientists have unearthed fossils of a strange dinosaur in southern Chile with such an unusual combination of traits that they are comparing it to a platypus, that oddball egg-laying, duck-billed ...

New 'platypus' dinosaur found akin to vegetarian T. rex

CNET Crave - Tue 28 Apr 15

One of the most extreme cases of a phenomenon called evolutionary convergence created the newly described mish-mashed Chilesaurus diegosuarezi.

Meet T. rex's vegetarian cousin: Chilesaurus

RedOrbit - Wed 29 Apr 15

Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck Therapods, a group of dinosaurs that include the likes of Tyrannosaurs and Velociraptors, are typically viewed as ferocious predators, but a team ...