Dinosaur Fossil Similar to T-rex Has Been Found
- U-Report
VIVA – A species of giant dinosaur called Meraxes gigas has been discovered by researchers. It is known, the shape of this dinosaur is similar to the T-rex. However, this Meraxes gigas has very short forelegs. It has predicted because the two dinosaurs evolved separately on their journey.
Not only that, it is also estimated that this species became extinct in the late Cretaceous or about 20 million years before T-rex was present. It means that these two dinosaur species lived at different times.
"This group evolved and reached the peak of diversity just before [it] went extinct," Juan Canale, a paleontologist from the Ernesto Bachmann Museum of Paleontology, Argentina remarked.
Quoted from the Sciencealert website on Sunday, July 10, 2022, Meraxes gigas belongs to a group of dinosaurs known as Carcharodontosaurids. A large theropod predatory dinosaur that featured hollow bones and was some of the largest predators ever to have existed on Earth.
"This fossil from Meraxes gigas has never been seen before, complete bones like hands and feet help us understand the evolutionary and anatomical trends of Carcharodontosaurids" Canale said.
Fosil dinosaurus.
- U-Report
Based on an analysis of the fossils found in northern Patagonia, Argentina. Researchers estimate the dinosaur died at the age of 45, and was about 11 meters long and weighed more than four tons.
