Scientists have uncovered a new armored dinosaur that looks like a t-rex but is more closely related to a stegosaurus.
Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur fossil that looks like an armored T-Rex. The new fossils were discovered in the Candeleros Formation in Argentina. Scientists have named this new dinosaur Jakapil kaniukura, and they say it belongs to the thyreophorans group, the same group that houses the armored stegosaurus and ankylosaurus.Riguetti, F.J., Apesteguía, S. & Pereda-Suberbiola
Further, despite being an herbivore, the J. kaniukura also has small arms, like those seen on the T-Rex and the. Yet another reason that many have drawn conclusions and connections between the two. However, the researchers say that the new armored dinosaur and the T-Rex lived in different environments and ecological niches.
No matter the reasoning, the discovery of J. kaniukura is fascinating. Thyreophoran dinosaurs first appeared over 200 million years ago. And, for a while, many believed that the bipedal form of these dinosaurs was lost in favor of the much larger and lumbering four-footed tanks like the stegosaurus and ankylosaurs. However, this new armored dinosaur proves that isn’t the case.