news @ nature.com?-?Tyrannosaurs get a father figure?-?Fossil hunters find the first Jurassic specimen of this fearsome family.

news @ nature.com?-?Tyrannosaurs get a father figure?-?Fossil hunters find the first Jurassic specimen of this fearsome family.:

"The new species, found in Xinjiang province in northwestern China, lived around 160 million years ago. This makes it more than twice as old as T. rex, and the most primitive known member of the family.
At just 3 metres long, the creature is a small relative of T. rex, which could reach a mighty 13 metres. But its gaping, beak-like face armed with teeth, and its powerful legs, show that it too would have been a ferocious killer."