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Here's how Tyrannosaurus ended up with a big head and small arms
5+ hour, 12+ 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…...
Fearsome dinosaur-era marine reptile was the T. rex of the sea
19+ hour, 3+ min ago (620+ words) May 28 (Reuters) " Tyrannosaurus rex was a huge land predator during the twilight of the age of dinosaurs. But it was not the only T. rex that terrorized the Cretaceous Period. There also was a marine reptile named Tylosaurus rex " the T. rex…...
Canadian fossil reveals one of the first plant-eating animals
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (648+ words) Feb 10 (Reuters) " Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eating land vertebrates, representing a pivotal juncture in animal evolution. The creature,…...