The early theropods were seen as the "dominant carnivores" for the early age of the dinsaurs. But the carnivores were not alone for a leaf-toothed cousin that ressembled the other side of the dinner table.
There was a new discovery of a theropod in Chile that appears to have filled a gap between some carnivous theropods and non-coelurosaurian theropods. With stocky arms ended with blunt digits, it doesn't appear to be a threat when a beak and elongated body are put together. It was a confusing sight to determine it is next meal until the flatten teeth are revealed. It's named Chilesaurus diegosuarezi and reached up to 10.5 feet long during the Late Jurassic. It's size was considered "small" since it belonged to the same group as Trannosaurs rex.
When more areas of this dinosaur discovered, a larger adult fossil may be found. The fossils discover are relativity young in development and it would help to observe the skeleton at full size.
I found this article very interesting because it had to do with dinosaurs. I would have thought that they would have discovered all of the different variations of dinosaurs but I guess we're never done learning about the past.
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