There's a new T. rex in the fossil record, only this one terrorized the ancient seas. New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science ...
A new species of sea monster has been described from 80 million-year-old fossils, and it’s giving Tyrannosaurus rex a run for its money. Named Tylosaurus rex, it would have been a deadly marine ...
Paleontologists have long hailed Tyrannosaurus rex as king of the dinosaurs. Now, the name “T. rex” also belongs to a newly described extinct carnivore — a massive marine reptile with the scientific ...
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About the length of a school bus, the giant marine reptile was one of the largest mosasaurs known to date and likely sat at the very top of the food chain. "It would have been an apex predator, and it ...