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A new type of giant long-necked dinosaur, twice the size of a tyrannosaurus rex, has been identified up by scientists from remains dug up in Thailand.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

One of the most famous discoveries came in 2005, when paleontologist Mary Schweitzer and colleagues reported soft tissue structures inside a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

It lived between 100 and 120 million years ago - around 40 million years earlier than the tyrannosaurus rex - and is about twice the size of that creature.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

"This lets us be confident in keeping the name Nanotyrannus, because this animal is clearly not on a growth path to becoming a Tyrannosaurus rex."

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

“Chaos est rex regis,” Beowulf added in Latin, by which he meant “confusion reigns.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood