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Giant Tyrannosaur Discovered in North America Is The Largest of Its Era

A new analysis of a shinbone from the oldest known giant tyrannosaur in North America suggests that the 'king of dinosaurs,' Tyrannosaurus rex, may have had an unusually large ancestor.

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