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The fossil originally thought to be a 220 million year old Tyrannosaurus Rex was later discovered to be from another species, now considered its ancestor, of uncertain origin in central or eastern Asia. While the origin of this larger reptile is unknown, fossils in Berlin suggest it was small-boned with a duck-bill and possibly wing-like arms. The origin of a related species also remains a mystery.

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The fossil originally thought to be a 220 million year old Tyrannosaurus Rex was later discovered to be from another species, now considered its ancestor, of uncertain origin in central or eastern Asia. While the origin of this larger reptile is unknown, fossils in Berlin suggest it was small-boned with a duck-bill and possibly wing-like arms. The origin of a related species also remains a mystery.

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The fossil in question was generally regarded to be the 220 million year-old remains of

Tyrannosaurus Rex. Several years ago, however this hypothesis was overturned by the discovery of yet
another species {Morehouse, 1993 #125} which is now the undisputed progeny {Argus, 1991
#33;Turnhouse, 1987 #176} of the species at hand. While the true origin of this larger reptile is quite
uncertain at this time, it is thought to be from central or eastern Asia.

Where the other species {Schwartz, 1990 #11} arose is a mystery. If it was central Asia, we could
reasonably infer that other reptiles were not dominant in this ecosystem. Some think that we will never
know {Billoski, 1987 #46;Schwartz, 1976 #162;Whiting, 1987 #180}. However, fossils currently in the
museum in Berlin provide strong evidence that the emerging reptile was small-boned and duck-billed
{Whiting, 1987 #180}, possibly with a larger wing-like arm.

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