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Nanotyrannus
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Nanotyrannus specimens may actually be juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex specimens.
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- Pronounced
- nan-oh-tie-ran-us
- Meaning of name
- tiny tyrant
- Length
- 5m
- Diet
- carnivorous
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(67 - 65 million years ago) - Found in
- USA
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Tyrannosauroidea, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurinae, Nanotyrannus
- Named by
- Gilmore (1946)
- Type species
- lancenis