Tags: cannibal, dinosaurs, Paleontologists, t-rex, Tyrannosaurus
Paleontologists from the United States and Canada have claimed that Tyrannosaurus Rex was a cannibal. The paleontologists analyzed marks and gouges on the fossils of the Tyrannosaurus Rex to conclude that the T-Rex was a cannibal. Researchers predicted that it was likely due to the scavenging rather than active hunting.
The T. Rex was the only large, late Cretaceous carnivore in Western North America, said the paleontologists. The findings were published in study titled “Cannibalism in Tyrannosaurus rex.” The research was done by Nicholas R. Longrich (Yale), John R. Horner (Montana State), Gregory M. Erickson (Florida State), and Philip J. Currie (University of Alberta).
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