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Vertebrate Paleontologist | Instructor @ Stony Brook University | Intraspecific variation, taxonomy, systematics | 1/5 of @SkeleCrewPaleo | Views mine | he/him
Jul 25, 2022 16 tweets 7 min read
Is Tyrannosaurus rex the one true king of the Cretaceous? Our new paper reviews the evidence🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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(art by @MarkWitton, who graciously gave us permission to use his work for this project)

1/16 In March, a team of researchers published a provocative new idea: Tyrannosaurus rex, the most famous dinosaur, wasn't one dinosaur at all, but three separate species that were so similar all prior researchers had missed their differences.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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