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T. rex grew beefier than museum fossils suggest

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Structure of bones' superficial layers suggests most dinosaurs were still growing when they died.

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Kaplan, M. T. rex grew beefier than museum fossils suggest. Nature (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2013.14086

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