An artist’s illustration of the new-to-science Tromerosaurus dinosaur hunting some juvenile Brachylophosaurus. Image courtesy of Henry Sharpe
Joel Kontinen
A new
species of tyrannosaur has been discovered by scientists in Canada. Fossils of
the carnivorous dinosaur, a cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, suggest it lived 77 million years and was 8 metres long with lengthy, lean legs. This is a rare
addition to an unusual branch of the tyrannosaur family tree and complicates
our understanding of how these dinosaurs supposedly evolved.
The timing
of the dinosaur is off by thousands of years. According to the Bible, a great
dinosaur known as Behemoth lived at the time of Job.
Tyrannosauridae,
a family of dinosaurs, split into two subfamilies: tyrannosaurines, made up of
T. rex and other stocky, heavy species with relatively long heads, and
albertosaurines, which had relatively short skulls and lighter builds.
Jake Buehler 2026 Discovery of T. rex's cousin upends our understanding of tyrannosaur evolution | New Scientist19 October
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