News Source: National Public Radio
| 2 months ago
There's a new discovery that suggests that Tyrannosaurus rex wasn't the first animal that developed the kind of body type associated with gigantic predators. The fossil, called Raptorex kriegsteini , was found in China and dates back 125 million...
News Source: Toronto Star
| 2 months ago
At 100 times smaller than its descendants, Raptorex is changing researchers' theories Sep 18, 2009 04:30 AM Joseph Hall Health Reporter It was way smaller than Barney. And while this "punk-sized" creature would have happily eaten you, he probably...
News Source: Denver Post
| 2 months ago
About 125 million years ago, a tiny version of Tyrannosaurus rex roamed what is now northeastern China. Tiny, that is, by T. rex standards — you still wouldn't want to meet it face to face. Described by paleontologist Paul Sereno as "punk size,"...
News Source: BBC
| 2 months ago
The skull of R. kriegsteini is dwarfed by the skull of a full-sized descendant A 3m-long dinosaur fossil from China which predates T. rex by 60 million years is a blueprint for the mighty carnivore, say researchers.
News Source: Epoch Times
| 2 months ago
Chinese paleontologists announced that they have unearthed the world's oldest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil in Chaoyang City of China’s northeast Liaoning Province. The fossilized bones were originally discovered at a local quarry in March, according to...
News Source: NewKerala
| 2 months ago
This finding means that such specialised physical features did not evolve as the prehistoric predators grew in size. Instead, they were present for feeding efficiency at all sizes of the dinosaurs during their reign in the Cretaceous Period. Paul...