The newest addition to the tyrannosaur family tree is named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, which translates to “dragon prince from ...

A reexamination of fossils found in Mongolia has revealed a previously unknown “missing link” species that led to dinosaurs ...

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis lived roughly 86 million years ago and was an immediate precursor to the dinosaur lineage called tyrannosaurs ...

"Khankhuuluu was almost a tyrannosaur, but not quite. For example, the bone along the top of the snout and the bones around the eye are somewhat different from what we see in tyrannosaurs.

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It was about 13 feet (4 meters) long, weighed about 1,600 pounds (750 kg), walked on two legs and had a lengthy snout with a mouthful of sharp teeth. More lightly built than T. rex, its body ...

The largest-known T. rex specimen is 40-1/2 feet long (12.3m). Khankhuuluu means "Dragon Prince" in the Mongolian language. Tyrannosaurus rex means "tyrant king of the lizards." Swipe. Select.

The snout bone was hollow and the bones around the eye didn't have all the horns and bumps seen in tyrannosaurs," Dr Zelenitsky said. "Khankhuuluu had teeth like steak knives, with serrations ...

More lightly built than T. rex, its body proportions indicate Khankhuuluu was fleet-footed, likely chasing down smaller prey such as bird-like dinosaurs called oviraptorosaurs and ornithomimosaurs.