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Tiny T. rex-like tyrants

Fossil find suggests peculiar features weren’t limited to the biggest dinosaurs

By Jenny Lauren Lee

- More than 2 years ago

A miniature version of Tyrannosaurus rex is throwing a bone to paleontologists interested in how the king of dinosaurs evolved.

HEAD AND ARMS Although considerably smaller, the skull and 8-inch-long forelimb of the newly discovered Raptorex share many uncanny features with those of a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex.