The newest addition to the tyrannosaur family tree is named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, which translates to “dragon prince from ...

Dinosaurs have always been intriguing creatures to study for experts. Now, researchers have made another breakthrough in figuring out the legacy of these beasts, according to the BBC. They have ...

Dinosaur fossils unearthed in Mongolia half a century ago belong to a newly identified species that evolved into the massive ...

A reexamination of fossils found in Mongolia has revealed a previously unknown “missing link” species that led to dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex.

The dinosaur skeletons, found hidden in a museum collection in Mongolia, is an ancestor of the mighty tyrannosaurs.

Paleontology may be entering another great era of discovery: characterized by serial misidentification in decades past.

The Khankhuuluu's skeleton was discovered in Mongolia in the Gobi Desert in 1972 or 1973, but wasn't studied scientifically until a few years later, Zelenitsky said.

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

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, or a closely related ancestor species, likely migrated from Asia to North America across a land bridge between Alaska and Siberia that connected the continents 85 ...

Ancient T. rex ancestor discovered: Khankhuuluu, ‘prince of dragons’ The new dinosaur species was smaller than T. rex, on the scale of a large, predatory horse, and lived 86 million years ago.

Khankhuuluu was a medium-sized predator—roughly the size of a grizzly bear—with a skull up to 27 inches long (70 centimeters) and a femur measuring nearly 26 inches (67 cm).. The iconic T. rex ...