World's biggest T. rex discovered in Canada
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Heftier than an adult elephant, the 9.8-ton animal shows that predatory dinosaurs got older and bigger than once thought.
Over a thousand dinosaur species once roamed the Earth. Learn which ones were the largest and the smallest, what dinosaurs ate and how they behaved, as well as surprising facts about their extinction.
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How Barnum Brown Discovered 'T. rex' and Became History's Greatest
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World's biggest T. rex discovered in Canada
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Billions of T.rex dinosaurs roamed North America, study shows
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World's Biggest T-Rex Discovered in Canada
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Unearthed T. rex is the largest known specimen — and it's from
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Dinosaur - Tyrannosaurus rex - The Australian Museum
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The Largest T-Rex Skeleton Ever Found? - Issuu
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Scotty (dinosaur) - Wikipedia
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The Story of Scotty The T.rex - Biggest in the World
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Largest T. rex skeleton ever found lived in Canada up to its early 30s
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Titanosaur, largest dinosaur ever found, recreated by Canadian
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10 Facts About Tyrannosaurus Rex, King of the Dinosaurs
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The discovery of two giant dinosaur species solves the mystery of