A new analysis of a fossil unearthed in 2006 provides a fresh line of evidence that a separate tyrannosaur lineage called Nanotyrannus lived alongside the famous T. rex ...
Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus both were members of a lineage of meat-eating dinosaurs called tyrannosaurs, but were not the ...
For decades, paleontologists have argued over one mystery: was Nanotyrannus a real species, or just a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex? Now, a new fossil has finally ended the debate—and rewritten the story ...
The debate got so heated it made Alan Grant vs. Ian Malcolm look like a polite academic chat. In 2006, everything changed ...
A new specimen of one of the most controversial species of dinosaur has the potential to overturn decades of research on the ...
Jane, the dinosaur fossil housed at Rockford's Burpee Museum of Natural History, may not be a Tyrannosaurus rex as previously ...
A fossil once locked in prehistoric combat has just rewritten one of paleontology’s longest-running debates — and upended what scientists thought they knew about Tyrannosaurus rex.
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 ...
There are literally decades of research... based on a premise that this article overturns,” said one paleontologist.
Scientists have long debated whether a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s was a young T. rex or a distinct species.
The “dueling dinosaur” fossil still leaves more questions than answers as scientists now attempt to determine their causes of ...