Older Relative of T. Rex Identified in Southeast
Paleontologists have identified a new dinosaur species, an early relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that roamed what is now the southeastern U.S. about 77 million years ago.
The scientists made the identification from hundreds of fossilized fragments collected mostly in Montgomery County, Ala., and southwestern Georgia. They named the new dinosaur Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis, which means “the Appalachian lizard from Montgomery County.” The 25-foot-long creature lived 10 million years before T. rex and was smaller and had a narrower snout.
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