Fossil hunters have found a new species of oviraptor, a birdlike, meat-eating dinosaur not unlike a giant, flightless turkey.The two-legged dinosaur, which lived 75 million years ago, was twice the size of related species found in Canada and the northern U.S. according to fossil experts at the University of Utah.
The new find shows that oviraptors roamed much farther south than previously thought.
Oviraptors had simple feathers, winglike arms, powerful legs, long claws, and powerful, toothless beaks for shearing through food.
National Geographic has more here.
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