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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm assuming the research more meant that there were 3 cryptic species lumped into what we today call t-rex

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, that was my assumption, for sure, too. I was just playing devil's advocate for the trenchcoat theory, because it's funny.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Well I believe this has happened. Wasn't brachiosaurus found to be a mashup of multiple species? Or maybe it was a different one...