Pinocchio rex

Pinocchio rex or Qianzhousaurus sinensis

Pinicchio rex is a nickname for Qianzhousaurus sinensis...who was a feathered Tyrannosaur from late Cretaceous in what is now China.  It lived at the same time as the better known Tyrannosaurus rex of North America. Of course since Qianzhouraurus lived in China, it never met a T. rex.  This fairly new discovery was a Tyrannosaur, but more like 30 feet or 9 meters long compared to the 40 foot or 12 meter long T. rex.  Pinocchio rex weighed around 1800 lbs or 816 kg.  It had a bumpy face with tiny horns.  

The nickname of Pinocchio rex is because Qianzhousaurus had a long thin snout.  It looked quite different from T. rex.  The co-author of the study on this large Theropod dinosaur was Steve Brusatte.  He says this dino was the real thing.  He also thinks it fed very differently than the much more robust T. rex.  Since its  bite was much weaker it probably went after smaller prey than T. rex fed on.  

By the way, I learned about this dinosaur from Steve Brassatte's book, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.   It is a very fascinating book. Dr. Brassatte's friend was the lead author of the study on this Theropod.  He is a well known Chinese paleontologist named Lu Junchang.  

By the way, if you think any of the volcanoes I have drawn are weird and asymmetrical. . . know that not all volcanoes are symmetrical.  Many are asymmetrical. 

Here is a T. rex drawing for you to compare the snouts.   .   .  

T. rex drawing from Skull

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