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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Scientists discover new marine T-rex that was twice the size of great whites and ‘meaner than any mosasaur’

Scientists have discovered a new marine dinosaur species that grew 43ft and terrorised the seas over 80 million years ago.

Tylosaurus rex – T-rex for short – was a massive mosasaur reptile that lived primarily in what is now northern Texas.

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