Dinosaurs Like T. Rex Were More Tyrannical Than We Realized, New Research Suggests
Large meat-eating dinosaurs took on the role of multiple species while growing up, resulting in a shocking lack of ecological diversity during the Mesozoic, according to new research. Megatheropods—gigantic two-legged carnivores like Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus, and Daspletosaurus—didn’t instantly dominate the ecological space belonging to monstrously huge dinosaurs. Like other dinosaurs, they hatched from eggs and had…