Newly discovered Early Tyrannosaur from Uzbekistan

 

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Today's new drawing is of a newly named and very early Tyrannosaur.

 Early Tyrannosaur from Uzbekistan Timurlengia 

Early Tyrannosaur from Uzbekistan Timurlengia 

First of all, there is little debate about many Theropod dinosaurs having feathers.  Some Paleontologists think that ALL Tyrannosaurs had feathers.   In any case, both feathered and non-feathered are shown here. 

New Tyrannosaur named Timurlengia eurotica was found in Uzbekistan.  It had three-clawed hands instead of the two clawed hands of T. rex, Daspleteousaurus, or Albertosaurus.  This newly discovered Tyrannosaur was from earlier in the Cretaceous Period instead of the near the end of the Cretaceous Period like T. rex.  

Timurlengia was much much smaller than those later Tyrannosaurs as well.  It was about 13 feet long or about 4 meters long.  It weighed about 600 lbs or 270 kg.  This is not the earliest Tyrannosaur, but its discovery fills a time gap in Tyrannosaur evolution.  It shows that Tyrannosaurs did not get huge until the later on in the Late Cretaceous Period.  Timurlengia lived about 90 million years ago in what is more specifically called the early-Late Cretaceous.  It had well-developed senses which show that even before they evolved to be huge, they already had excellent hunting tools such as very fine senses of smell and hearing.  

NOTE:  This new drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the correct button up top.  Then scroll down to the last of the Mesozoic section to find this drawing.  You can also click on this drawing here on this page of the blog and copy or save it then paste it into a drawing or word processing program and print it from there.  So click on the button labeled:  Paleontology.