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rex

[reks, reks] / rɛks, rɛks /


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Other famous mosasaur fossils previously identified as T. proriger are now being reassigned to T. rex.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Majungasaurus, for example, had a heavily built skull and extremely small arms despite weighing only about 1.6 tons, roughly one fifth the weight of T. rex.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Close behind was Tyrannotitan, another enormous theropod that lived in what is now Argentina more than 30 million years before T. rex during the Early Cretaceous period.

From Science Daily • May 20, 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

He had shorter arms, like a kangaroo, but not as tiny as a T. rex.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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