Blood-vessel remnants were discovered inside a fossilized rib of 'Scotty,' a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that was more than 40 feet long and weighed almost 10 tons when alive.
Sources
- The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2025, From Preserved Blood ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/scotty-tyrannosaurus-rex-07024.html (sci.news)
- https://www.history.com/articles/worlds-biggest-t-rex-canada-scotty-dinosaur (history.com)
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- https://scitechdaily.com/blood-vessels-found-in-t-rex-bones-rewrite-what-we-know-about-dinosaurs/ (scitechdaily.com)
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