A broken rib from the world’s largest T. rex hid a 66-million-year-old secret

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A broken rib from Scotty, the largest known T. rex skeleton, contains an extraordinary fossilized network of blood vessels formed while the dinosaur was healing.

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  • Reported by ScienceDaily and published Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:20:36 UTC.

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