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Sabrina Imbler

A pack of Nanotyrannus attacking a juvenile T. rex.

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Let Us Now Celebrate Our Extinct Short King, Nanotyrannus

Barry Petchesky

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 24: A 5-story Titanosaurus towers over Rockefeller Center to promote the film "Jurassic World: Rebirth" on June 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

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150-million-year-old fossil of Stegosaurus specimen is on display at Sotheby's in New York on July 10, 2024.

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A general view of Trix the female the T-Rex exhibition at the Naturalis or Natural History Museum of Leiden on October 17, 2016 in Leiden, Netherlands. The skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex was excavated in 2013 in Montana, USA, by Naturalis Biodiversity Center. The fossil is part of the Naturalis collection and is more than 80% of the bone volume present. All essential and high­volume bones are in place. This places Trix in the top 3 ranking of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons in the world. In addition, all the bones are extremely well preserved. The quality of this fossil is unmatched by any other large T-Rex find in the world.

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Let Us Now Celebrate Our Extinct Short King, Nanotyrannus

Just Give Me Some Normal Damn Dinosaurs

No One Person Should Be Able To Own A Dinosaur

The T. Rex Species Saga, Explained

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