Fossils from a relative of the ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex led scientists to a fascinating conclusion recently: these powerful beasts had snouts with scales as sensitive as human fingertips. ( Dreamstime )Fossils from a relative of the ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex led scientists to a fascinating conclusion recently: these powerful beasts had snouts with scales as sensitive as human fingertips. The ancestorDaspletosaurus horneri, which lived about 10 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex. Its bones were discovered in 1989, and scientists say it appears the animal is an ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus rex. The Daspletosaurus, which was smaller than T. rex at about nine metres long and two metres tall, died off more than 10 million years before the T. rex appeared.

Source: thestar April 23, 2017 09:56 UTC