JULIUS CSOTONYI
Glue Mongolivesis
Khankhuuluu lived about 86 million years ago and was found in Mongolia. “It’s a kind of transition” to the most famous dinosaur.
A team of investigators announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, Glue Mongolivesiswhich will be a crucial evolutionary link between the first tyrants and the iconic Tyrannosaurus rex.
Nicknamed Prince Dragon of MongoliaThe species may show us how the smaller primitive tyrantoids have evolved to some of the greatest carnivorous dinosaurs in history.
The discoveries in the journal Nature on June 11, they detail how the Glue Mongolivesis He lived about 86 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. The dinosaur was much smaller than T. Rex – weighed about 750 kg and average about four meters long, while the famous dinosaur could grow up to 13 meters long and weigh between 5,000 and 7,000 kg.
Although fossils were first discovered in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in the 1970s, they were only now re -examined by researchers at Calgary University. The recent study revealed important anatomical characteristics in Khankhuuluu which is believed to be initial versions of characteristics later observed in T. Rex, such as robust nasal bones and early adaptations in the skull structure that allowed a powerful bite force.
“This dinosaur It’s a kind of transition”Said Darla Zelenitsky, the main co -author of the study, to.
Initially, the fossil was wrongly identified as a member of the genre Electrosaurusbut recent analyzes revealed different characteristics that justified the classification as a new species. These differences allowed scientists to review parts of the tyrannosaurous genealogical tree and get a clearer understanding of their evolutionary history.
