Palaeontology: An unusual predatory dinosaur

The morphological diversity of the dinosaurs continues to surprise. The dinosaur reconstructed on the cover (by palaeoartist Bill Parsons) is small-bodied predator, just under 2 metres in length, from the late Cretaceous of Madagascar. This 70-million-year old predatory theropod features remarkable teeth and jaws of a sophistication not previously seen in a dinosaur. The new species — named as a tribute to a rock musician surely not yet in the 'rock dinosaur' category — is closely related to the small bodied 'abelosauroid' theropods from India and Argentina

A bizarre predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar
SCOTT D. SAMPSON, MATTHEW T. CARRANO, CATHERINE A. FORSTER
Nature 409, 504-506 (25 January 2001)
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