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Mystery fossils belonged to giant ostrichlike dinosaur

Behemoth bones reveal a fish-eating Cretaceous creature

ostrichlike dinosaur drawing

HEFTY HANDS  At more than 6,000 kilograms, Deinocheirus mirificus (shown in an artist’s reconstruction) is the largest ostrichlike dinosaur yet discovered.

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By Meghan Rosen

- More than 2 years ago

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Almost 50 years after paleontologists in the Mongolian desert dug up mysterious dinosaur fossils taller than most people, scientists have now put a fish-eating face to the bones.