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Dr. James G. Napoli Profile picture
Dr. James G. Napoli
@JGN_Paleo
Vertebrate Paleontologist | Systematics, paleobiology, and new approaches to species identification | Views are my own | 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…

#paleontology #dinosaur #fossil #scicomm #museum #AcademicTwitter
(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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