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'Baby Dragon' Found In China Is The Newest Species Of Dinosaur

The Beibeilong was a giant, bird-like dinosaur that lived some 90 million years ago. Scientists say it had massive feathered wings, a bird-like skull and could grow to more than 26 feet long.
An artist's rendering of a gigantic, cassowary-like dinosaur named <em>Beibeilong</em> that lived some 90 million years ago.

Meet Beibeilong sinensis, the most recently identified dinosaur species.

The name means "baby dragon from China." The dinosaur had massive feathered wings and a bird-like skull — it probably looked most like , flightless

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