A new analysis of fossils believed to be juveniles of T. rex now shows they were adults of a small tyrannosaur, with narrower jaws, longer legs, and bigger arms than T. rex. The species, Nanotyrannus lancensis, was first ...
Evolution
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A new study refutes a provocative claim made earlier this year that fossils classified as the dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex represent three separate species. The rebuttal, published today in the journal Evolutionary Biology ...
Evolution
Jul 25, 2022
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Tyrannosaurs (like the famous T. rex) is not the only group of giant carnivorous dinosaur with tiny arms. Researchers discovered a new species of dinosaur with disproportionally short arms just like T. rex called the Meraxes ...
Evolution
Jul 7, 2022
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How many Tyrannosaurus rexes roamed North America during the Cretaceous period?
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2021
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A newly discovered, diminutive—by T. rex standards—relative of the tyrant king of dinosaurs reveals crucial new information about when and how T. rex came to rule the North American roost.
Archaeology
Feb 21, 2019
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We've all seen "Jurassic Park." We all know T. rex. But what about B. rex?
Archaeology
Oct 11, 2016
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The fossilized remains of a new horse-sized dinosaur reveal how Tyrannosaurus rex and its close relatives became top predators, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Archaeology
Mar 14, 2016
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There once was a dinosaur, bigger than a T. rex, that swam with the sharks—and ate them for dinner.
Archaeology
Sep 11, 2014
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Berkeley, biologists and engineers including undergraduate and graduate students studied how lizards manage to leap successfully even when they slip and stumble, and found that swinging ...
Robotics
Jan 4, 2012
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The iconic T. rex dinosaur grew bigger and faster than previously estimated, according to new methods based on actual skeletons instead of scale models, British and US scientists said Wednesday.
Archaeology
Oct 12, 2011
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