"The 20 foot-long Juliasaurus, which would have weighed just over 1,300 pounds in its heyday, initially turned up in 2020 in Wyoming's Late Jurassic-era Morrison Formation."
"At first, experts believed that Juliasaurus was an Allosaurus, an iconic carnivore with two recognizable crests on its snout that predated the Tyrannosaurus Rex by approximately 90 million years."
"Several anomalies arose upon further comparison between Juliasaurus and identified examples of its two suspected species-namely regarding the newfound creature's skull, its pelvis, and the air sac structures within its vertebrae."
"With time, it's possible that Juliasaurus might introduce scientists to an entirely new species of dinosaur-like the Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum discovered in 2022."
The Juliasaurus fossil, a 154-million-year-old theropod, was found in Wyoming's Morrison Formation and is 20 feet long, weighing over 1,300 pounds. Initially sold to a private collector by the David Aaron gallery, it is now on loan to Colchester's Hollytrees Museum for public display. Experts initially thought it might be an Allosaurus or Marshosaurus, but anomalies in its skull, pelvis, and vertebrae suggest it could represent a new species. Scientists are eager to study this unique specimen further.
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