Mini T-Rex Fossil Discovered

Today an article was published in the magazine Science about a newly discovered fossil of a miniature Tyrannosaurus Rex. This beast, now named "Raptorex," roamed China around 125 million years ago, 60 million years before the real Tyrannosaurus Rex. An adult Raptorex was said to be about 9 feet tall and weigh 143 pounds. Stephen Brusatte, a co-author of the article, said this was about 1/100 of a Tyrannosaurus Rex's weight. Stephen and lead author Paul Sereno were the writers of the article. The fossil was smuggled out of China into the U.S. It was bought in the U.S. by a collector who then donated them to who donated it to science. Scientists say it will be returned to China and put on display. The I think it is really cool that scientists discovered a "mini T-Rex". Scientists should always be on the lookout for cool discoveries like this. I also think that authorities should be more careful with smuggling. If it hadn't been bought by a good person, people might not know about this awesome discovery. I think the science community should be very thankful for this man's generosity and hope for more people like him.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/17/tiny.t-rex.dinosaur.discovered/index.html