February 22, 2019 2:32 PM
New Tyrannosaur species helps explain rise of T rex
Scientists have discovered a new species of tiny tyrannosaur which helps explain how the dinosaurs evolved from small, speedy hunters, into the bone-crushing apex predators that we know.<br />''<br />''The species called Moros intrepidus is a small tyrannosaur who lived about 96 million years ago in the lush, deltaic environment of what is now Utah during the Cretaceous period.<br />''<br />''The tyrannosaur, described in the journal Communications Biology, is the oldest ...