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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Rare T rex blood vessels found in fossil show how dinosaurs healed injuries

Blood vessel structures found preserved in a famous T rex fossil are helping scientists understand how dinosaurs healed from injuries.

A study published recently in the journal Scientific Reports analyses structures found inside a rib bone from Scotty, the world’s largest known Tyrannosaurus rex unearthed in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the 1990s.

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