Debate kicked off in 1988 when a single small tyrannosaur skull discovered four decades earlier was given its own species name: Nanotyrannus lancensis. It carried some features which differed from T.

A small dinosaur skull found in Montana 40 years ago was thought to be a young T. rex. Turns out it was a smaller, faster ...

The debate over Nanotyrannus’ identity is finally over. A remarkably preserved fossil proves it was a mature species, not a teenage T. rex. This discovery rewrites how scientists understand ...

“This is the biggest dinosaur discovery of the decade, and I am proud that it is happening right here in North Carolina,” Stein said, going on to praise the state’s public universities and public ...

The discovery, made in collaboration with North Carolina State University, is based on the “Dueling Dinosaurs” fossil, which was found in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana.

28 February 2020, Berlin: A woman looks at an exhibited shark exhibit of the special exhibition of body worlds from the ...

A new specimen of one of the most controversial species of dinosaur has the potential to overturn decades of research on the ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity ...

For many years, paleontologists have debated about whether there was a smaller relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, or if those smaller fossils were really just awkward teenage versions of the king of ...

NC State University and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences discover the nanotyrannus, a smaller dinosaur once thought to be a ...

A major shake-up in dinosaur paleontology reveals that what scientists have long called "Tyrannosaurus" is actually two ...

Scientists have long debated whether a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s was a young T. rex or a distinct species.