Scientists Announce Amazing New Dinosaur Discovery - BIGGER THAN T. REX! The Story!

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This Past Week 'Nature Communications'

and a Panel of International Paleontologists
Announced the Discovery of 
"Siats Meekerorum",
a much larger dinosaur T. Rex specie that 
ruled North America 10's of millions of years
before the much smaller T. Rex made his debut 
on the planet about a 100 million years ago.
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This is an artist rendering of this
pre-historic monster released by
The Field Museum of Natural History.
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~The FIELD MUSEUM of NATURAL HISTORY-NOVEMBER 2013~

"Siats" was a carnivore and 
is calculated to have been 30 feet long, 
weighing in at 4 tons.
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He was discovered in 2008 in Utah's
Cedar Mountain Formation. 
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After several years of careful excavation and
subsequent analysis, this first 'new dinosaur find'
 in over 65 years was unveiled last week in Paris.
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~2009 EXCAVATION PHOTO-CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION-UTAH~

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This photo is a replica of a handout image
presented at the time this find
was announced. 

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For further information,

Click into NATURE.COM
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J.