How Dinosaurs Grew (Including The Biggest Tyrannosaurus Ever Discovered)
Dinosaurs were an incredibly diverse group even discounting the thousands of bird species nested within Theropoda, and they utilized a variety of growth mechanisms and life history strategies that changed according to the animal’s niche. But how do we tell how quickly an animal grew or how old it was when it died? This is where we use histology, or the subfield of biology concerned with studying tissue. Histology can tell us how old dinosaurs were when they died, how quickly they grew, and how they used the resources around them to become the largest terrestrial animals in Earth's history. As a part of this deep dive we've included an update on BHI 6248, E.D. Cope, the largest Tyrannosaurus ever discovered.
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