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Here's how Tyrannosaurus ended up with a big head and small arms
8+ hour, 20+ min ago (539+ words) May 29 (Reuters) " Tyrannosaurus rex possessed a preposterously massive skull " 5 feet long (1. 5 meters) and built to enable bone-crunching bite force " but presented preposterously puny arms. And many other meat-eating dinosaurs shared this mismatched combination of traits. So how did this come…...
New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (566+ words) WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) " Footprints are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, sort of a dinosaur discotheque. But identifying…...
Rare T. rex find in North Dakota, mammoth fossil digs "significant" for research
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (397+ words) BEULAH, N. D. (North Dakota Monitor) " The North Dakota Geological Survey has found a new Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton at a dig site in southwest North Dakota. Researchers first discovered the bones in September 2024 while searching for crocodile fossils in Bowman County, according…...