A groundbreaking study has settled a 40-year debate: the 'tiny tyrant' fossil is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex but a distinct species, Nanotyrannus ...

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: Was it a young T. rex or ...

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 ...

The discovery of a small dinosaur has ended one of paleontology’s longest-running debates, revealing that Nanotyrannus was ...

“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.

A new study reveals that fossils once believed to belong to a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex may actually belong to a separate species ...

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

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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.

Paleontologists have examined an exceptionally well-preserved, near somatically mature tyrannosaur skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.