J566 - Tyrannosaur Dinosaur Tooth - Nanotyrannus sp - Late Cretaceous - Lance Creek Fm Tasagnostus debori Size (long): 5

Size (long): 5

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

: T5DESCRIPTION: Afrovenator ("African hunter") is a genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period of northern Africa

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Impressive natural association with one specimen of the genus Acanthopyge and other specimen of the genus Phacops

J566 - Tyrannosaur Dinosaur Tooth - Nanotyrannus sp - Late Cretaceous - Lance Creek Fm Tasagnostus debori Size (long): 5Nanotyrannus lancensis is a small, fast, agile tyrannosaur from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation (originally part of the Lance Formation), known for being small and distinctly different from T. rex, with recent studies confirming it's a separate species, not a juvenile T. rex, based on unique features like more teeth, larger hands, and distinct bone structures. Meaning "dwarf tyrant," it was a capable predator of smaller prey, coexisting with