Newly Discovered T. Rex Species Reveals Unprecedented Findings On Prehistoric Beast, Study Says

A monumental discovery has been made with the finding of a new T. Rex species revealing more about the giant predator.

The new skeleton, what scientists are calling Timurlengia, has been a part of a study from a team of experts from Edinburgh University as well from colleagues from U.S. and Russia.

Timurlengia which is just the size of a horse, was found to have similar bones to the giant beast. Additionally, being from 90 million years ago fills a time gap that is crucial to understanding the mysteries of the T-Rex that dominated the Earth 66 million years ago.

According to BBC, scientists have investigated and wondered about how specifically the Tyrannosaur had become such a top predator in the prehistoric era. Now with this new species discovered, more theories can be solved.

"We have a totally new species of dinosaur," explained Dr. Stephen Brusatte, the lead researcher,

from the University of Edinburgh. "It's one of the very closest cousins of T. rex, but a lot smaller - about the size of a horse. And it comes from the middle part of the Cretaceous period - a point where we have a huge gap in the fossil record."

Dr. Brusatte shared that a study of the creature's ears and brain gave incredible insight to the giant dinosaur.

"It has features of its bones that are also found in T. rex," said Dr. Brusatte. "So this is evolving features that would eventually allow T. rex to become this super-dominant top-of-the-food-chain animal."

"Its brain and ear - which we can tell from CT scans - were almost identical to T. rex," continued Dr Brusatte. "It shows us that relatively big brains and keen senses evolved early in the history of this group of dinosaurs and may have been what allowed tyrannosaurs to become such successful predators."

The creature also had interesting long legs that revealed it was a fast runner and most likely preyed on plant-eaters.