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NEWS ABOUT: T. rex

T. rex stories: 3 news summaries

 Sore Throat May 
 Have Axed T Rex 

Trichomonosis still affects modern birds and makes eating almost impossible

Sep 29, 09 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tyrannosaurus rex could have been laid low not by a planetwide dinosaur holocaust or vicious infighting, but by a parasite that still affects modern birds. Researchers have taken a close look at lesions on T. rex fossils once presumed to be battle scars and concluded that they are the work... More »

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birds • paleontology • starvation • infection • extinction • parasite • T. rex • Tyrannosaurus rex • feeding • trichomonosis

 Pint-Size T-Rex 
 Surprises Scientists 

'Raptorex' was 1/100th the weight of its descendant

Sep 17, 09 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paleontologists have unearthed a miniature predecessor of Tyrannosaurus Rex, a finding that may rewrite the origins of the most iconic of dinosaurs. “Raptorex,” discovered in China, has all the distinctive features of a Tyrannosaurus—large head and jaws, long legs, and small arms—but it weighed only 150... More »

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paleontology • fossil • dinosaur • T Rex • T. rex • Tyrannosaurus rex

'Beach Bum' Dino Chilled in Mex

New find reveals crested duckbill hunted by cousin of T. rex

Feb 13, 08 12:08 PM CST
(Newser) - A newly discovered duck-billed dinosaur lived on a "very Mediterranean-like" Mexican beach 72 million years ago, paleontologists say. A fossilized skeleton of Velafrons coahuilensis was found in the north-central state of Coahuila—the most complete dinosaur ever found in Mexico, Reuters reports. "Velafrons was probably a beach bum,... More »

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Mexico • dinosaur • Cretaceous Period • Velafrons coahuilensis • Coahuila • T. rex

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