Tue. 03/01 - Dino Drama: Should Tyrannosaurus Be Split Into Three Species?
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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff
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🗓️ 1 March 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 1:16.3 | Should the Tyrannosaurus be broken up into three species? Currently, since the Tyrannosaurus was first described in 1905, the genus has |
| 1:23.1 | consisted of just one species, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, meaning lizard king. |
| 1:28.9 | But one team of researchers writing this week in the journal Evolutionary Biology say it's time to acknowledge three distinct species within the genus. |
| 1:38.3 | They propose the additional names Tyrannosaurus Regina, aka Lizard Queen, and Tyrannosaurus Imperator, aka Lizard Emperor. |
| 1:48.4 | But not all paleontologists agree. So one way to think of this delineation is like how we classify |
| 1:55.2 | lions and tigers. They're both in the genus Pantera, but are a part of different species |
| 2:00.0 | because they are |
| 2:00.9 | different enough to merit that. |
| 2:03.2 | Species delineation can also come from evolution, like the various hominids leading up to humans, |
| 2:09.1 | you know, Homo Habilis and Homo erectus, etc. |
| 2:12.4 | Quoting lead author, paleo artist and independent researcher Gregory Paul, |
| 2:17.1 | after over a century of all |
| 2:18.6 | specimens being placed into one species without the issue being carefully examined, the first |
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