Bird-like Dinosaur Is Oldest Raptor Discovered in South America

Researchers have discovered the 90-million-year-old fossil remains of a previously unknown dinosaur species in Patagonia. Buitreraptor (pronounced bwee-tree-rap-tor) gonzalezorum -- the oldest member ever found in South America of the group of dinosaurs that includes the carnivorous Velociraptor -- was about the size of a very large rooster, but with a long head and very long tail.

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