Teeth from giant predator tyrannosaurs found in Nagasaki for 1st time
By SHOKO RIKIMARU/ Staff Writer
NAGASAKI--Fossilized teeth from a species of giant tyrannosaurs, similar in size to the predators that wreaked havoc in "Jurassic Park," have been discovered for the first time in Japan from a stratum that dates back 81 million years.
Fossilized teeth of small tyrannosaurs have been discovered at five locations in Japan, including Fukui Prefecture, but the teeth unearthed recently in Nagasaki are newer, and their size is comparable to those of the huge species of tyrannosaur found in North America, as well as the Tarbosaurus variant in Asia.
Three theropod teeth were found in the Mitsuze strata, which was formed in the late Cretaceous Period on the western coast of the Nagasaki Peninsula, the Nagasaki city board of education and the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum announced July 14.
“The findings show there was an ecosystem led by tyrannosaurs in Nagasaki, which was connected to the Asian continent by land at that time,” said Kazunori Miyata, a senior researcher at the museum.
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Who'd have thought it? 
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/apr/13/uknews.taxonomy
Just what I always wanted!
Fossilized teeth of tyrannosaurs, left and center, have been discovered in Nagasaki. (Provided by the Nagasaki city board of education and the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum)
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