Nanotyrannus

Nanotyrannus ("tiny tyrant") is a genus of dinosaur. It was erected in 1988 for a small tyrannosaurid skull, previously described in 1946 (Gilmore) as Albertosaurus lancensis. Initial research indicated that the skull bones were fused, and that it therefore represented an adult specimen. Subsequent work has cast doubt on this and some paleontologists no longer consider it a valid genus. The fossil was a contemporary of Tyrannosaurus rex, and some believe it to be a juvenile T.rex. Nanotyrannus is estimated to have been around 17 feet (5.2 meters) long .

Palaeontologist Robert Bakker has stated he believes Nanotyrannus hunted in packs.^[1] Teeth from multiple Nanotyrannus have been found in the bones of herbivorous dinosaurs.^[1]

Popular culture

The Quintaglios from Robert J. Sawyer's Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy are a race of highly evolved, sentient tyrannosaurs descended from Nanotyrannus.

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