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A mid-Cretaceous tyrannosauroid and the origin of North American end-Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages New species named Suskityrannus hazelae [...]The North American fossil record of dinosaurs from approximately 90 million years ago (Late Cretaceous) is one of the most poorly sampled and least understood times of the Cretaceous Period. The new dinosaur, named Suskityrannus hazelae, is from a dinosaur assemblage that documents this critical interval. Suskityrannus is one of the last smaller tyrannosauroids, which at 9 feet long would have likely weighed less than 100 pounds and stood only about 3 feet at the hip. It is also one of the most complete skeletons of any non-tyrannosaurid from North America – all of the older fossil occurrences consist of teeth, isolated bones, or a partially associated skeleton.[...] News: CLICK Scientific Paper [paywall]: CLICK Always nice to see new discoveries regarding tyrannosaurids