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A pair of primitive cousins of T. rex that had short, bulldog-like snouts and even shorter arms have been discovered by scientists in Morocco.
The two new dinosaur species belong to the Abelisauridae, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs that were counterparts to the tyrannosaurs of the Northern Hemisphere.
Living alongside the much larger abelisaur Chenanisaurus barbaricus, the fossils show that Morocco was home to diverse dinosaur species just before a giant asteroid struck the Earth at the end of the Cretaceous, ending the age of dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
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New T-Rex Cousins Had Bulldog Snouts and Even Shorter Arms But Still Ruled in North Africa
The two new dinosaur species belong to the Abelisauridae, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs that were counterparts to the tyrannosaurs
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