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New species of tyrannosaur dinosaur discovered by Badlands Dinosaur Museum

 

[Nov-25-2022] Researchers from Badlands Dinosaur Museum today published a research paper which describes a new species of tyrannosaurid dinosaur. Elias Warshaw and Denver Fowler named Daspletosaurus wilsoni based on a skull and partial skeleton from ~76 million year old rocks of the Judith River Formation, Montana. The new dinosaur is intermediate between two existing species, giving clues as to the evolutionary history and relationships of the tyrannosaurs.

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