The dinosaur skeletons, found hidden in a museum collection in Mongolia, is an ancestor of the mighty tyrannosaurs.
  • Zachariah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur - in the collection of a Mongolian museum - that they say “rewrites” the evolutionary history of tyrannosaurs.

    Researchers concluded that two 86 million-year-old skeletons they studied belonged to a species that is now the closest known ancestor of all tyrannosaurs - the group of predators that includes the iconic T.rex.

    The researchers named the species Khankhuuluu (pronounced khan-KOO-loo) mongoliensis, meaning Dragon Prince of Mongolia.

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  • thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Researchers concluded that two 86 million-year-old skeletons they studied belonged to a species that is now the closest known ancestor of all tyrannosaurs - the group of predators that includes the iconic T.rex.

    TIL that not all tyrannosauruses are “T.rex’s”. This evidence supports the Voth distant origin theory.