Scientists have identified a new cousin of the T. rex that reached only the 3-foot height of a toddler.
Nesbitt found a set of its bones in 1998. At the time, he was only 16 and was serving as a volunteer on a dig in New Mexico.
For about two decades, scientists weren't certain what kind of creature the bones had belonged to — until other small cousins of"The small group of tyrannosauroid dinosaurs would give rise to some of the biggest predators that we've ever seen," said Nesbitt, lead author of aPaleontologist Sterling Nesbitt with the fossilized bones of Suskityrannus hazelae, a miniature relative of Tyrannosaurus rex. , and its name comes from the Zuni word for coyote.
is the first really good record of the early tyrannosaurs in North America," said Sues, who wasn’t involved in the study. These carnivores weren't particularly big compared with other dinosaurs alive at that time, and it’s unclear why they evolved to be so enormous. Nesbitt said the newly discovered species is probably among the last of the little guys. It was bigger than earlier tyrannosauroids and had big feet needed for speed — something the T. rex lost.The latest health and science updates, breakthroughs, research, and the best in investigative and informative journalism.
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