Paleontologists for decades debated whether meat-eating dinosaur Nanotyrannus was actually just a juvenile Tyrannosaurus. But ...

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Scientists have confirmed that Nanotyrannus was a mature species, not a young T. rex. A microscopic look at its hyoid bone ...

The Tyrannosaurus genus might have been more diverse than we thought. And researchers show how the composition of the early Earth could have accelerated its move towards habitability. Hosted by: Hank ...

A remarkably well-preserved dinosaur fossil has arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of National History. According ...

For decades, a small tyrannosaur skull has divided paleontologists over whether it belonged to a separate species or a ...

Anyway, the story explains that paleontologists since the 1940s have classified a certain fossil, Nanotyrannus, as a juvenile T-rex. The article termed it a “teenage Tyrannosaurus rex,” which made me ...

New research has overturned decades of uncertainty by showing that Nanotyrannus was a fully grown predator, not a juvenile T. rex.

Was Nanotyrannus a bona fide species or just a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex with a lot more growing to do? Scientists have settled that debate.

Mosasaurs, giant marine reptiles that existed more than 66 million years ago, lived not only in the sea but also in rivers.