Science
Baby tyrannosaurs dinosaurs were the ‘size of a Border Collie’ – BBC News
Scans of fossilised dinosaur remains reveal they were about 3ft long when they took their first steps.
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image captionAn artist’s impression of what a baby tyrannosaur may have looked like
Baby tyrannosaurs were only the size of a Border Collie dog when they took their first steps, a team of palaeontologists has discovered.
Researchers from Edinburgh University examined fossilised remains of a tiny jaw bone and claw found in Canada and the US.
They have been revealed, in 3D scans, to belong to a baby tyrannosaur – cousin of the T-Rex dinosaur.
They are the first-known…
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