Dinosaur bones are like trees—every year is represented by a new ring, and paleontologists can count those concentric circles ...
For decades, scientists have been counting annual growth rings—similar to tree rings—inside fossilized leg bones of ...
Previous studies of T. rex growth rings concluded they grew until around the age of 25, and then stopped. This was more of a ...
New Scientist on MSN
T rex took 40 years to become fully grown
An analysis of growth rings in the leg bones of 17 Tyrannosaurus rex individuals reveals that the dinosaurs matured much more ...
Newser on MSN
T rex took 4 decades to reach full giant size
Tyrannosaurus rex, it turns out, may have taken its time becoming king. A new analysis of 17 tyrannosaur fossils suggests the ...
The largest-ever study of how the “king of dinosaurs” grew shows a much longer, slower path to adulthood than scientists ...
For decades, scientists have been counting annual growth rings—similar to tree rings—inside fossilized leg bones of ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback