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Newly identified T. rex ancestor is "missing link" between apex predators, dinosaur researchers say

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Khankhuuluu mongoliensis was a smaller-bodied ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus rex.

The skeleton was discovered in Mongolia in the Gobi Desert in 1972 or 1973 , but wasn't studied scientifically until a few years later .

The remains were identified by Mongolian paleontologist Altangerel Perle as Alectrosaurus olsoni.

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