Science2026-04-17
Scientists thought this was a young T. rex. They were wrong
A long-running dinosaur mystery may finally be solved: Nanotyrannus, once dismissed as just a teenage T. rex, appears to have been its own distinct species after all. Scientists analyzed a tiny throat bone from the original fossil and discovered growth patterns showing the animal was already mature,
By Science Daily

A long-running dinosaur mystery may finally be solved: Nanotyrannus, once dismissed as just a teenage T
rex, appears to have been its own distinct species after all
Scientists analyzed a tiny throat bone from the original fossil and discovered growth patterns showing the animal was already mature,