Long arm of the dinosaur - 70m-year-old behemoth unearthed

Deinocheirus mirificus, the largest known member of a group of bird-like dinosaurs, is shown in this illustration image. Scientists said on Wednesday two almost complete skeletons of the bizarre 70-million-year-old creature, Deinocheirus mirificus (meaning "unusual horrible hand"), show it boasted a combination of unorthodox traits, including the famous arms, never before seen in a single dinosaur. Photo credit: REUTERS/Michael Skrepnick/Handout

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IN July 1965, two gigantic fossilised dinosaur arms replete with menacing claws were unearthed in the remote southern Gobi desert of Mongolia. Measuring eight feet.

They were the longest arms of any known bipedal creature in Earth’s history.