Sixty-six million years ago, T. rex had a goofy-looking cousin. Its nose, in particular, was so funny looking that scientists at Scotland’s Edinburgh University nicknamed the skeleton “Pinocchio” when ...

The skeleton of a new type of tyrannosaur was discovered in a Chinese construction site, near Ganzhou in the south. The 66-million-year-old predator was identified by scientists at Edinburgh ...

Watch out Tyrannosaurus rex — there’s a new lizard king in town. Scientists have discovered a new species of long-snouted tyrannosaur that stalked around Asia more than 66 million years ago. “It’s one ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur, nicknamed the Pinocchio rex. Researchers said the animal is a long-snouted tyrannosaur, which is in the same family as Tyrannosaurus rex. The new ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Its nickname may sound funny - "Pinocchio rex" - but it probably would not have been wise to laugh at this strange, long-snouted cousin of the famous meat-eating dinosaur T. rex ...

What has a long nose and has gone extinct? Pinocchio Rex, of course! Not to be confused with Pinocchio, the wooden boy who could not tell a lie, or Tyrannosaurus rex, the terrifying monster at the top ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 7 (UPI) -- Paleontologists have confirmed the discovery of a new species: a Tyrannosaur with a long, pointy snout. Naturally, scientists dubbed the new dino "Pinocchio rex." ...

Introducing Qianzhousaurus sinensis — a new confirmed species of long-snouted tyrannosaur that menaced the Earth 66 million years ago. The recent discovery of its fossilized remains confirms a ...

A new species of dinosaur which belonged to the same family as Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered by scientists. The remains of the long-snouted tyrannosaur, nicknamed Pinocchio rex, were found ...

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