Sereno's new "raptor"

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Last night (3-7-2014) Paul Sereno gave a talk in Seattle that included
images of a reconstructed skeleton (along with animation) for a
"digging raptor" from the Sahara that is yet to be officially named or
described. He characterized the theropod as a cross between a rhea and
a wolverine--with very long hind legs but short robust forelimbs,
braced with a powerful sternum and shoulder area. The animation showed
it digging into a small mammal burrow with its long back legs crouched
flat. This combination looks similar to the one  found in
alvarezsaurids--a lightly built running body with long legs, and very
short forelimbs.  However, the digging raptor has three large flat
digits on its hand rather than a single massive claw. Apparently this
dinosaur had been briefly mentioned before as far back as 2012. He
implied that it will be out soon. I'm not aware of any online material
or links.

Senero hinted that much new Spinosaurus material is about to be
announced as well. It will change some details of how Spinosaurus has
been reconstructed and will make it the biggest known theropod.

Found this on a blog earlier, everyone is so excited about the Spinosurus thing coming up, you dont even get to hear about the raptor.

One thought I am having, if the Spinosaurus mount is done in the Field house alongside their display of Sue....well just imagine them both together in the same place.

[Yutyrannus]

It's actually a noasaur. Still a very cool discovery, I hope to hear more about it soon.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Eh well the posting stated raptor so go figure....either way a very interesting dinosaur with that set of attributes

[Yutyrannus]

Yes, it is.