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![Two Qianzhousaurus sinensis individuals are pictured hunting in this undated handout artist's rendering. The larger one is chasing a small feathered dinosaur called Nankangia and the smaller is eating a lizard. Scientists on Wednesday identified a new member of Tyrannosaurus rex's family, a beast named Qianzhousaurus sinensis that was up to 30 feet (9 meters) long and stalked China at the very end of the age of dinosaurs. [Photo/Agencies]](U470P886T1D114483F12DT20140517105533.jpg "Two Qianzhousaurus sinensis individuals are pictured hunting in this undated handout artist's rendering. The larger one is chasing a small feathered dinosaur called Nankangia and the smaller is eating a lizard. Scientists on Wednesday identified a new member of Tyrannosaurus rex's family, a beast named Qianzhousaurus sinensis that was up to 30 feet (9 meters) long and stalked China at the very end of the age of dinosaurs. [Photo/Agencies]")
Two Qianzhousaurus sinensis individuals are pictured hunting in this undated handout artist's rendering. The larger one is chasing a small feathered dinosaur called Nankangia and the smaller is eating a lizard. Scientists on Wednesday identified a new member of Tyrannosaurus rex's family, a beast named Qianzhousaurus sinensis that was up to 30 feet (9 meters) long and stalked China at the very end of the age of dinosaurs. [Photo/Agencies]
Its genus name, Leinkupal, means "vanishing family" in theregion's indigenous Mapuche language - signifying thedisappearance of this family of dinosaurs. Its species name,laticauda, means "wide tail" in Latin.
The findings were published in the journal PLOS ONE.
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