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T. Rex May Have Actually Been 3 Species, According to a Close Look at The Bones

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A towering colossus and predatory beast, the comically tiny-armed Tyrannosaurus rex is perhaps the most iconic of all prehistoric predators. Its place in the popular imagination is mirrored in academia, with researchers investigating everything from how it walked, to how it mated, to how many there even were.   Despite abundant research into the genus Tyrannosaurus, all adult … Read more

Tyrannosaurus rex may actually be three separate species

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After analysing the teeth and thigh bones of 38 T. rex fossils, some researchers propose reclassifying them as three different species, but others are unconvinced Life 1 March 2022 By Colin Barras Sue, the Tyrannosaurus skeleton at the Field Museum in Chicago EQRoy / Alamy The “tyrant lizard king” – Tyrannosaurus rex – might have … Read more

Dinosaurs: T. rex had more powerful jaws than its theropod ancestors

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Theropod dinosaurs, including carnivores like T. rex and herbivores like Therizinosaurus, evolved deeper and stronger jaws over the course of the dinosaur age Life 16 December 2021 By Cameron Duke Theropods of the Late Cretaceous, including Gigantoraptor, Garudimimus and Neimongosaurus Gabriel Ugueto No matter whether they ate meat or plants, theropod dinosaur species had one … Read more