A Tyrannosaurus rex called Stan ended up on the auction block because of a lawsuit. Here’s how it happened. Source: https://www.livescience.com/stan-tyrnanosaurus-rex-dinosaur-auction.html
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Someone Bought a T. Rex Skeleton for a Record-Breaking $31.8 Million
The remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex that lived some 67 million years ago have been sold at auction for $31.8 million, a world record for a fossilized dinosaur. From a report: The near-complete T. rex skeleton, named “Stan,” now belongs to an anonymous buyer who secured the milestone bid at the “20th Century Evening Sale” held Tuesday at Christie’s in New…
Can a human outrun a Tyrannosaurus rex ?
New research has suggested that you might actually stand a chance of escaping a rampaging T. rex. If it is often joked that if you were among a group … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339506/can-a-human-outrun-a-tyrannosaurus-rex…
Here’s exactly how T. rex grew from a slender tot into a massive carnivore
Humongous T. rexes might not be as old as they seem. Source: https://www.livescience.com/tyrannosaurus-rex-size-age.html
Possible Dinosaur DNA Has Been Found
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: The tiny fossil is unassuming, as dinosaur remains go. It is not as big as an Apatosaurus femur or as impressive as a Tyrannosaurus jaw. The object is a just a scant shard of cartilage from the skull of a baby hadrosaur called Hypacrosaurus that perished more than 70 million years ago….
Meet the Reaper of Death, a new Canadian tyrannosaur
A new tyrannosaur species named Thanatotheristes, which means “reaper of death,” was the apex predator of its time, 79 million years ago in present day Alberta, Canada. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/reaper-of-death-new-canadian-tyrannosaur…