New Species of Tyrannosaurus Named - T. mcraeensis | 7 Days of Science

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A new species of Tyrannosaurus has just been named! As well as T. rex, we now also have T. mcraeensis, a more ancient southern giant. Also in the news this week is a study about Gigantopithecus extinction, a new prehistoric crocodylomorph, and much more!

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Sources:
The Big Ring:
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/news/big-ring-in-the-sky
https://www.iflscience.com/the-big-ring-huge-celestial-structure-challenges-our-understanding-of-the-cosmos-72432
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749

Deep sea mining:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67893808
https://www.mining.com/web/norway-just-raised-the-stakes-over-deep-sea-mining/
https://youtu.be/upyE-vb1PVA?si=ekIjl5XIaD0nknRu

New giant Tyrannosaurus species discovered (Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis):
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-47011-0

How Gigantopithecus blacki went extinct:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06900-0

New prehistoric crocodylomorph:
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad195/7513556?login=false

New aetosaur species:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25379

Fossilised amniote skin:
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01663-9
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/captorhinus-aguti-skin-12605.html
https://twitter.com/incisorial/status/1745516977655808507

0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - The Big Ring
2:08 - Deep Sea Mining
3:50 - New Species of Tyrannosaurus Named
7:36 - Why Did Gigantopithecus Go Extinct?
9:45 - New Species of Prehistoric Crocodylomorph
10:39 - New Species of Aetosaur
12:12 - Ancient Fossilised Amniote Skin
13:43 - Outro and Bloopers
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