Altogether, the pieces reveal a slender tyrannosaur that roamed Cretaceous Mongolia about 86 million years ago and was about ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of tyrannosauroid—the group of dinosaurs that includes Tyrannosaurus rex. The ...

Dinosaurs have always been intriguing creatures to study for experts. Now, researchers have made another breakthrough in ...

Uncover the fascinating Tyrannosaur story with the discovery of Khankhuuluu, a key link in dinosaur evolution.

The world of dinosaurs has always been an almost inexhaustible source of study. The discovery of new fossils has been fundamental to learn more about these animals and to allow fic ...

In the badlands of southeastern Mongolia, two dusty skeletons sat largely forgotten for fifty years. Dug up in the early ...

Named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis (pronounced khan-KOO-loo mon-gol-ee-EN-sis), it lived roughly 86 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period and was an immediate precursor to the dinosaur lineage ...

The Khankhuuluu's skeleton was discovered in Mongolia in the Gobi Desert in 1972 or 1973, but wasn't studied scientifically until a few years later, Zelenitsky said.

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, or a closely related ancestor species, likely migrated from Asia to North America across a land bridge between Alaska and Siberia that connected the continents 85 ...

Now recognised as the closest known ancestor of all tyrannosaurs, Khankhuuluu is estimated to be 86 million years old. It fills a crucial gap in the family tree of these formidable predators, which ...

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

Scientists announced the discovery of a new species of early tyrannosaur in a museum vault in Mongolia, an ancestor to notorious apex predators like T. rex.