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Remains of dinosaur skull found in B.C. campground belonged to T. rex ‘great-uncle’

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The Canadian Press
Remains of dinosaur skull found in B.C. campground belonged to T. rex ‘great-uncle’
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A B.C. resident discovered a rare tyrannosaur skull impression in a Tumbler Ridge campground, which paleontologists identified as a Gorgosaurus libratus. The find provides significant insight into the species, which lived 76 million years ago and is considered a 'great-uncle' to the T. rex.

The Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta says the species could reach nine metres in length.

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