For years, the "dueling dinosaurs" in a North Carolina museum were believed to be a Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex. However, an article published on October 30 in the journal Nature has a different ...

Researchers now identify the "dueling dinosaur" tyrannosaur as an adult Nanotyrannus, not T. rex. "This fossil...flips decades of T. rex research on its head," says Lindsay Zanno. Study reveals ...

"We've named a new species," Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, told a crowd on Thursday. Scientists at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences have found that what ...

When you look at a fossil on display, you may envision the world 66 million years ago. You might feel the earth shake beneath you as a large predator stalks the ancient floodplain. It has long, sharp ...

The discovery of a small dinosaur has ended one of paleontology’s longest-running debates, revealing that Nanotyrannus was not just a teenage T. rex – but a distinct species within the Tyrannosaur ...

A legendary fossil housed at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh features skeletons apparently locked in prehistoric combat — an epic meeting of two of the world’s favorite ...

The debate over Nanotyrannus’ identity is finally over. A remarkably preserved fossil proves it was a mature species, not a teenage T. rex. This discovery rewrites how scientists understand ...

It's known as the "Dueling Dinosaurs" fossil: A triceratops and a tyrannosaur, skeletons entangled, locked in apparent combat right up until the moment of their mutual demise. Even in the Hell Creek ...

For decades, paleontologists argued over the lone skull used to establish the distinct species Nanotyrannus. Was it truly a separate species or simply a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex? A new paper ...