Fossils of a giant raptor measuring three stories tall were discovered in Argentina, making it the largest dinosaur of the raptor family ever recorded.
was credited with discovering the raptor's bones. It said the dinosaur was also one of the last to roam the Earth before extinction. The apex-predator was believed to be a 5-ton giant and the largest megaraptor, preying off smaller dinosaurs with its two sharp, curved claws and 40-centimeter talons.
Its scientific name, Maip macrothorax, was given by Argentine paleontologist Aranciaga Rolando."Maip" comes from an"evil" mythological character of Patagonia's indigenous Aonikenk people that was associated with"the shadow of the death" who"kills with cold wind" in the Andes mountains. The second part of the name, macrothorax, derives from the expanse of the raptor's chest cavity, which is about 4 feet wide.
. Megaraptors had an agile skeleton, a long neck and an elongated skull with more than 60 small teeth. The creature lived on Earth toward the end of the Cretaceous period and wone of the last dinosaurs before extinction. The raptor was discovered in Estancia La Anita, which looked far different 70 million years ago.
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