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Hyoid Histology Confirms Nanotyrannus as a Separate Tyrannosaur Species

Researchers aged the 1942 holotype skull at roughly 15–18 years using validated hyoid growth rings.

Anacondas Have Stayed Giant for 12 Million Years, Fossil Study Finds

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, Confirms Coexistence With Lucy’s Species

Fossil Endocasts Show Pterosaurs Evolved Flight-Ready Brains Independently of Birds

115-Million-Year-Old Australian Shark Fossils Push Back Onset of Giant Body Size in Modern Sharks

New Study Recasts Dunkleosteus as Cartilage-Heavy, Shark-Like Oddball

Decapitated Jurassic Fish Heads With Guts Intact Reveal Diet and Predators

New Middle Triassic Crocodile-Line Predator, Tainrakuasuchus bellator, Described From Brazil

Apple TV Debuts Trailer for 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,' Premiering Nov. 26

Study Links Hadrosaur Tail Fractures to Mating, Offering Clues to Female Dinosaurs

Study Confirms Dueling Dinosaurs Predator Was Adult Nanotyrannus, Not Young T. Rex

Adult Nanotyrannus Identified in 'Dueling Dinosaurs' Fossil, Forcing Rethink of T. Rex Growth

Nature Study Confirms Adult Nanotyrannus in 'Dueling Dinosaurs,' Upending T. rex Growth Models

Nature Paper Confirms Nanotyrannus as a Separate Tyrannosaur, Forcing a Rethink of T. rex Growth

Study Pinpoints Nanoscale Structure Behind Ammolite's Vivid Colors

Hornless ‘Arctic Rhino’ Identified in Canada’s High Arctic Challenges Long-Held Dispersal Timeline

Wyoming 'Mummy' Fossils Show Duck-Billed Dinosaur Had Hooves, Not Preserved Skin

Egypt Fossils Identify Oldest Dyrosaurid, Point to African Origins

Wyoming 'Mummy Zone' Yields First Reptile Hooves and Full Duck-Billed Dinosaur Profile

Reanalysis Overturns ‘Smoking Gun’ for Human Megafauna Hunting in Australia