{"id":25967,"date":"2025-06-11T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=25967"},"modified":"2025-06-11T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:00:37","slug":"fossils-found-in-1970s-are-most-recent-ancestor-of-tyrannosaurs-scientists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=25967","title":{"rendered":"Fossils found in 1970s are most recent ancestor of tyrannosaurs, scientists say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers identify new species named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis<\/em> from skeletons unearthed in Mongolia<\/p>\n

Tyrannosaurs might evoke images of serrated teeth, massive bodies and powerful tails, but their most recent ancestor yet discovered was a slender, fleet-footed beast of rather more modest size.<\/p>\n

Experts say the new species \u2013 identified from two partial skeletons \u2013 helps fill a gap in the fossil record between the small, early ancestors of tyrannosaurs and the huge predators that evolved later.<\/p>\n

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