The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently published the findings of a new unordinary fossil. The discovery is believed to be a type of tyrannosaurs. Apparently archaeologists did not realize how many different kinds of tyrannosaurs there were. A graduate student affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History says that “Not all tyrannosaurs were megapredators adapted for stalking and dismembering large prey. Some tyrannosaurs were small and slender. Compared to Tyrannosaurus, this new animal is like a ballerina.”
The Altai was found in the year 2001 in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. The Altai was found by Norell and Michael Novacek. This dinosaur is not of the Tyrannosaur species due to its features never seen in a Tyrannosaur before. These features include slender teeth, being half the size of the Tarbosaurus, around 810 pounds, and the skull has a long nose with eight horns that were around 5 inches long. “This fossil reveals an entirely new body type among tyrannosaurs, a group we thought we understood pretty well,” says Norell. “The different body forms probably allowed Alioramus and Tarbosaurus to coexist.” This new dinosaur is extremely different than anything archaeologists have ever seen before. They were very shocked and excited to discover this new species.
BIZARRE NEW HORNED TYRANNOSAUR FROM ASIA
New Horned Tyrannosaur from Asia
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