Fossils had been abandoned in a drawer at the scientific institute in the city of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The bones, discovered in the 1970s, had not been assigned to the correct species. It was only ...

Uncover the fascinating Tyrannosaur story with the discovery of Khankhuuluu, a key link in dinosaur evolution.

Paleontologists have identified Khankhuuluu as the closest known ancestor of T. rex, shedding new light on Tyrannosaur ...

Those bones belong to a new species, now named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, or “Prince of Dragons.” This slim, fast-moving ...

Two partial skeletons housed in a Mongolia museum were reexamined by researchers and found to represent a previously unknown ...

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis forms the “missing link” between the smaller Tyrannosaurs and the T-rex, scientists say.

A newly discovered fossil in Mongolia, dubbed the “dragon prince,” reveals a missing link in the tyrannosaur family and reshapes their story.

Altogether, the pieces reveal a slender tyrannosaur that roamed Cretaceous Mongolia about 86 million years ago and was about ...

Learn more about a newly discovered dinosaur species that is now the closest-known ancestor to the Tyrannosaurs.

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis lived roughly 86 million years ago and was an immediate precursor to the dinosaur lineage called ...

A newly identified dinosaur species from Mongolia is rewriting the history of the T. rex family tree. Dubbed the “Dragon Prince” (scientifically named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis), this prehistoric ...

Misidentified bones that languished in the drawers of a Mongolian institute for 50 years belong to a new species of ...