Science
Fat-footed tyrannosaur parents couldn’t keep up with their skinnier offspring, fossil footprints reveal – Micky News
Tyrannosaurus rex is perhaps the most famous of all dinosaurs. It and its closest kin, a group referred to as “tyrannosaurs”, have been embedded in popular
Consider the below scene from the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park; an adult T. rex chases down a speeding Jeep much to the thrill of the audience.
The 1993 Jeep chase scene from Jurassic Park remains an iconic movie moment.
But Jeeps and fanciful theme parks aside, are these depictions realistic?
Our research, published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, shows while young tyrannosaurs may have indeed been the vision of wrath depicted above, they likely became broader-footed, bulky and…
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