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September 2016

Taylor Hours: September 2016 By Rachel The Edition Sandieson Days & Taylor Info Desk Research Tiny Dino Arms

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Sep 1st-2nd 8:30 - 6 8:30 - 6 1 - 3 The Rex is fa- - rex Sep 3rd-5th Closed Closed Closed mously known for its short fore- - Sep 6th-7th 8:30 - 6 8:30 - 6 11:30-3:30 limbs, but how did it evolve that Sep 8th 8:30a -9:30p 8:30 - 6 11:30-3:30 way? A new discovery by Sep 9th 8:30 - 6 8:30 - 6 11:30-3:30 Apesteguia et al is helping to Sep 10th-11 10 - 4:30p Closed Closed shed light on the ’s tiny Sep 12th - Sep 30th Only arms. Mon - Thurs 8:30a -11:30p 8:30 - 6 11:30-3:30 Researchers discovered a new Fridays 8:30a - 9:30p 8:30 - 6 11:30-3:30 type of dinosaur skeleton in the http://getfithappyhealthy.com/t Saturdays 10 - 9:30p Closed Closed Patagonian region of Argentina. It had the body size of a polar Sundays 10 - 9:30p 10 - 4:30p Closed bear, but the forelimbs the size of a child’s. The theropod they discovered, with its unique characteristics, distinguishes from other discover- ies in the area; the closest known theropod of that same time period only existed in Africa. This has

caused researchers to create a new Need research help from taxon for this fossil, now known home? Chat with us! as Gualicho shinyae. Staff are available online for This discovery suggests that the help with all of your library small forearms in these , questions. including the T-Rex, have evolved multiple times and that Find us at: there are links to types of thero- www.lib.uwo.ca/chat pods found around the world.

References Sebastián Apesteguía, Nathan D. Smith, Rubén Juárez Valieri, Peter J. Makovicky. An Unusual New Theropod with a Didactyl Manus from the Upper of , Argentina. PLOS ONE, 2016; 11 (7): e0157793 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157793 PLOS. "New theropod dinosaur suggests that small T. rex-like arms evolved multiple times: Patagonian dinosaur has forelimbs most similar to distantly-related T.rex, indicating independent evolution of this unusual trait." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 14 July 2016. .

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