UCD scientist unveils the 11m-long, 4m-high cousin of the T-rex

SCIENTISTS have identified a new dinosaur from fossils dug up in China and nicknamed it T-rex’s cousin.

The gigantic creature roamed North America and east Asia between about 65million and 99m years ago.

Researchers, led by Dr David Hone of University College Dublin, discovered fragments of fossils from the meat eater in a so-called dinosaur quarry in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong.