Terrifying Argentine carnivorous dinosaur had tiny armsENRIQUE MARCARIAN/REUTERS Argentine paleontologist Sebastian Apesteguia poses next to a replica of an unusual new theropod from the upper Cretaceous discovered in Argentina's Patagonia. Unearthed fossils from a carnivorous dinosaur that lived in Argentina about 90 million years ago show that it had tiny arms compared to its body, scientists said on Wednesday. READ MORE:* Scientists and Tuhoe hunt dinosaur fossils* New fossils push 'hobbit' story back to 700,000 years ago* Hunt on for lost 'dinosaur' fossilThe fossils were found in Argentina's Patagonia region in 2007. "Why did this specie have a reduction regarding the size of their arms, having only two fingers similar to a Tyrannosaurus? The team of scientists said the two-legged dinosaur was from 4 metres to 6 metres long but its puny pair of arms only measured about 2 feet, or about the size of a human child.

Source: Stuff July 14, 2016 03:11 UTC