Desert-dwelling carnivorous dinosaur bones found in Brazil
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A desert-based carnivorous dinosaur that used claws to capture small prey 90 million years ago has been unearthed in southern Brazil. Just over a meter-and-a-half in length, the fossil remains of the Vespersaurus paranaensis were found in Cruzeiro do Oeste municipality of Parana state.The Vespersaurus was a theropod, a group of two-footed, meat-eating dinosaurs that included the better known tyrannosaurus and velociraptor.