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Using geochemical analysis of the bones and rock, a team of researchers with the University of Arkansas determined that the dinosaurs died and were buried in the same place and were not the result of fossils washing in from multiple areas
Ferocious tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as long envisioned, but more like social carnivores such as wolves, as per a recent study unveiled.
Paleontologists developed the theory while studying a mass tyrannosaur death site found seven years ago in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah, one of two monuments that the Biden administration is considering restoring to their full size after former President Donald Trump shrunk them.
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Rainbows & Unicorns site in southern Utah reveals sophisticated family units
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Researchers discovered a pile of dinosaurs at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument a family of the giant Tyrannosaurus rex that leads them to conclude they all died at the same time in the same flood event and were hanging out together in a “gregarious” social unit.
The Rainbows & Unicorns Quarry at the southern Utah site is groundbreaking because the mainstream narrative around these dinosaurs that roamed the Earth 76.4 million years ago is that they were solitary prey animals that lacked the sophistication to carry out a coordinated attack to deliver their next meal.
Flickr A new study released Monday suggests the tyrannosaurus rex may have socialized in packs, much like wolves. Researchers made their finding at the Rainbows and Unicorns Quarry fossil site, located inside Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. This story and more in Monday evening s news brief.
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