T-rex : Is the king-lizard of Jurassic Park losing its stand?

 
Ever since its discovery, Tyrannosaurusrex, paleontologists and laypeople have been mesmerized by the sheer enormity of this giant carnivore. Every time a new discovery or debate concerning T-rex pops up, it attracts fans from every field; very few historical things have enjoyed such phenomenal popularity – the Titanic, the Pyramids etc are a few on [...]

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Gigantoraptor : The New Bird on the Block!

A new bird from the family of Oviraptors (the egg-stealers among dinos) has been discovered by paleontologist Xing Xu and team of the Beijing’s Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in the Gobi Desert in north-central China.
 
Initially thought have belonged to the T-rex family (see artists scale- drawing), this giant “bird of prey” is [...]

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