Scientists in Morocco have uncovered fossils of primitive cousins of T. rex that had short, bulldog snouts and even shorter arms have been discovered by scientists in Morocco. These two newly identified dinosaur species are members of the Abelisauridae family, which were the carnivorous counterparts to the Northern Hemisphere’s tyrannosaurs. Two new species of dinosaur have been found from the end of the Cretaceous in Morocco, just outside of Casablanca. Rather than finding the same few species, paleontologists often recover fossils from new species, suggesting the beds host an extremely diverse dinosaur fauna. “The end of the Cretaceous in western North America definitely seems to become less diverse at the end,” said Longrich.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 28, 2023 01:40 UTC