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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,

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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,

Scientists thought this was a young T. rex. They were wrong - PMC News