However, there's a bit of a "wrinkle," according to Thomas Carr, T. rex expert and associate professor of biology at Carthage College in Wisconsin. That's because there's a gap in the fossil record ...

If Tyrannosaurus rex is too mainstream, discerning 10-year-olds may now have a new name to spout when asked their favorite dinosaur – Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis. The newly identified species appears to ...

For decades, a small tyrannosaur skull has divided paleontologists over whether it belonged to a separate species or a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex. New research anchored in the spectacular “Dueling ...

The Tyrannosaurus rex seemingly came out of nowhere tens of millions of years ago, with its monstrous teeth and powerful jaws dominating the end of the age of the dinosaurs. How it came to be is among ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Paleontologists for decades debated whether meat-eating dinosaur Nanotyrannus was actually just a juvenile Tyrannosaurus. But within a span of five weeks, the matter ...

The Tyrannosaurus Rex has long been the creature of nightmares — but the "King of Tyrant Lizards" had a cousin who may have been just as terrifying. With the help of a paleontology enthusiast, ...

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - T. rex still reigns as the king of dinosaurs, according to scientists who on Monday argued against a contentious hypothesis advanced this year that the mighty ...

Dinosaurs haven’t roamed the Earth for millions of years, but the nature of their reign has sparked no shortage of controversial debates among paleontologists that remain unresolved today. Late last ...

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It is a classic chase scene in modern cinematic history. The image of a rampant Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) chasing Jeff Goldblum as he sits injured in the back of a 4x4 vehicle in Stephen Spielberg's ...

"Scotty" probably weighed more than 19,400 pounds when alive. LONDON -- Paleontologists have unearthed the remains of the largest Tyrannosaurus rex ever found, according to a new study. The gigantic ...