Dr Nesbitt and his team found other theropods in the same bone bed as Tawa.

BBC: T.rex 'little cousin' discovered

"Tawa is a little bit of a relic of the early evolution of dinosaurs, " Dr Nesbitt told BBC News.

BBC: T.rex 'little cousin' discovered

Several years ago, in return for taking in some of Tawa's peasants relocated as part of a poverty-alleviation scheme, it was given rights to the mountainous estate.

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