Massive marine predator crowned T. rex of the ocean and ‘a true terror of its time’

There’s a newly crowned T. rex. This one, called Tylosaurus rex, was a tyrant of the sea and mosasaur spanning up to 43 feet ...
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T rex of the ocean? Massive marine predator discovered was a true terror of its time

Paleontologists have long hailed Tyrannosaurus rex as king of the dinosaurs. Now, the name "T. rex" also belongs to a newly ...

Did T. rex, the ultimate apex predator, have tiny arms? New study has ‘surprising’ revelation

A groundbreaking study reveals Tyrannosaurus rex's famously tiny arms were a result of evolutionary trade-offs. As its skull ...

Fearsome dinosaur-era marine reptile was the T. rex of the sea

By Will Dunham May 28 (Reuters) - Tyrannosaurus rex was a huge land predator during the twilight of the age of dinosaurs. But ...

Meet 'the T-Rex of the seas'

This newly identified apex predator roamed the prehistoric oceans nearly 80 million years ago, growing to a length of 43 feet ...
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Tyrannosaurus Rex and Other Terrifying Predatory Dinosaurs Had Itty-Bitty Arms. Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why

A new study suggests that certain theropods—two-legged, mostly meat-eating dinosaurs—had shrunken forelimbs as an ...

T. rex had massive jaws but tiny arms: Scientists now know why

A new study documents that the robustness of skulls in carnivorous dinosaurs began to evolve first, a direct response to the increasing size of the plant-eating dinosaurs they hunted, shortly after di ...

Scientists may have finally cracked the mystery of why T. rex had such tiny arms

A Royal Society research paper published May 20 suggests that T. rex, which averaged more than 40 feet long with arms ...

Here's how Tyrannosaurus ended up with a big head and small arms

By Will Dunham May 29 (Reuters) - Tyrannosaurus rex possessed a preposterously massive skull - 5 feet long (1.5 meters) and ...

Scientists identify massive 80-million-year-old 'dinosaur' found in Texas as new species

A newly identified ocean predator from prehistoric Texas is giving the name "T. rex" a whole new meaning. Scientists say a ...
Cowboy State Daily

Near Wyoming: The Skeleton Who Walks A Giant T-Rex On A Leash In South Dakota

For decades, motorists speeding down Interstate 90 in west-central South Dakota have done double takes at a towering human skeleton leading a T. rex on ...