Velociraptor’s cousin discovered

By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News

The almost complete fossil dinosaur has been named Linheraptor exquisitus

Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur that was closely related to the Velociraptor.

The 1.8m-long predator was a dromaeosaurid – a family of theropod dinosaurs from which modern birds descended.

The researchers discovered its exquisitely well preserved skeleton in sediments dating from the Upper Cretaceous period in Inner Mongolia.