A chance fossil find in British Columbia, Canada, has helped scientists better understand the distribution of a well-known dinosaur relative. The skull imprint discovered on a hiking trail belonged to a young Gorgosaurus, a predator that lived about 76 million years ago and can be considered a close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex.
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A chance fossil find in British Columbia, Canada, has helped scientists better understand the distribution of a well-known dinosaur relative. The skull imprint discovered on a hiking trail belonged to a young Gorgosaurus, a predator that lived about 76 million years ago and can be considered a close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex.