New ‘Death Shadow’ dinosaur found in Argentina

Up from the depths, three storeys high… and armed with wicked, 15-inch claws. A new Jurassic Park movie is out in June, but reality sounds like it has already outdone the special effects.

A gigantic megaraptor has been found in Argentina: Maip macrothorax. Maip apparently means an evil “death shadow” spirit of the Andes, from the mythology of the indigenous Patagonians. It sounds like an appropriate name…