The Return of Nanotyrannus?

[@TheDinoFax]

Just for reference, I am in of the opinion that Nanotyrannus is invalid, and was in fact a juvenile Rex. There is much stronger evidence. That being said, id be remiss if I didnt talk about both sides.

[@PSDavison727]

I’m on that side as well Still believing the Nano was just a juvenile

[@P-C-Principle]

Oh snap, so it was a T.Rex with dwarfism?

[@kousarpatel9449]

I'm on your side

[@Springbonniev2338]

Bro really said "I always come back....sort of.."

[@DryptosaurusDavid]

I am neutral on this. Because we need more evidence in this part of Paleontology

[@AncientBacon-2024]

I like the idea of a dwarf tyrannosaur. Stuff like that continues to flesh out earth’s ancient history. A lot of dinosaur species were probably never fossilised.

[@Hannah57293]

Kind of a disappointing thought missing out on entire niche species because none of them were able to be fossilized. Definitely not impossible just a sad thought

[@areallyshortbrontothere]

Same, I was literally just thinking of an albertosaurid with insular dwarfism lol

[@NeovenatorGuy]

Maybe Nanotyrannus if its a real genus maybe it lived in a ecosystem where smaller animals thrived and large dinosaurs fall, or a isolated island

[@IsabellaReyes-kw9mz]

That's probably true, fun fact about bones and fossils most of them never live to there formal glory or get digged up because they pretty much evaporate. They could disappear or get broken by the Titonic plates shifting (sorry if I spelled it wrong.) Or even get messed up by water. There's more things that I don't really remember on what I learned, but point is it's actually rare for fossils to be found.

[@IsabellaReyes-kw9mz]

It's sad that we would probably not be able to find them. That would be cool to find another raptor breed that's actually a bit bigger then usual or even another breed similar to a T. Rex. (I would like to call a new rec breed HydroRex? Or something like that.) It would be cool if there COULD be somehow a Rex breed that could actually swim. (Tiny arms left chat but still) or maybe we could even find even bigger dinosaurs?

[@OldTownPhantom]

This is honestly one of my favorite things about paleontology: The constant debate. There's convincing evidence from both sides and the truth is that we may never know the true answer, so the conversation can continue indefinitely. Sometimes it's nice to know that you may never get a correct answer.

[@IsabellaReyes-kw9mz]

True

[@themightyspartan1012]

While we don’t know the confirmation about which is true or not. We do know most evidence have lead towards the juvenile T. rex side than nanotyrannus side. The only support evidence of nanos are the arms were tend to be longer. But that just it. Only time will tell. Whether it would be decades even.

[@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz]

Everybody gangsta till Nanotyrannus finally existed

[@GatorBoyCL]

DinoWars return of the Nano.

[@Heccy_weccy]

Nah more like revenge of the nano

[@superdinotv3298]

More like “DinoWars: Nano Strikes back

[@sauro15]

Well,well,well... Looks like nano here gonna be a valid genus again. Just have to wait... Another... Decade...

[@areallyshortbrontothere]

Yea....

[@dwaynejohnson1302]

Meanwhile in 2025 "It's confirmed that spinosaurus is a dragon"

[@areallyshortbrontothere]

@@dwaynejohnson1302 spinofarrus

[@thebluedilopho]

​@@dwaynejohnson1302 Meanwhile 2050 "It's confirmed spinosaurus is a seal"

[@dwaynejohnson1302]

@@thebluedilopho meanwhile in 2100 "Its confirmed that spinosaurus was a kaiju"

[@PaleoAnalysis]

A lot of people say that it's impossible that Nanotyrannus and T rex lived alongside each other because a medium-sized predator could not survive alongside a large Tyrannosaur... *Looks at Alioramus and Tarbosaurus* ....Hmmm...👀

[@beastmaster0934]

Honestly, the thought of a North American alioramine sounds awesome. It probably wouldn’t be called Nanotyrannus, and would probably be called something else. But still, it would be awesome either way.

[@axolotlmaster9184]

pretty sure they lived on completely different continents

[@unkownperson9250]

also this 1.specimens of juveniles of any dinosaur are not that common. 2.that many morphological differences from juevenile to adult is not common among theropods and would be unique to tyrannosaurus rex 3. the growth rings idk if nanotyrannus or juevneile tyrannosaurs operated in the mid size carnivore niche. however what i do know is that there is a sizeable portion of ecological niches that dont have a corresponding predator.

[@1_railfan]

This is gonna be the Brontosaurus lore all over again, & I guess I'm down for it. Why just today during my morning shift I learned about this from a couple news reports.

[@NeovenatorGuy]

To this day idk if brontosaurus is a actual dinosaur

[@1_railfan]

@@NeovenatorGuy Research in 2015 confirms the species' existence.

[@Twistingmymelon]

It’s so interesting how stuff can just be revealed like this over time, your vids always keep me updated! Thanks!

[@AgroAcro]

To me it definitely still seems like a Juvenile T.rex, but in order to be completely sure we would need more fossils.

[@narawilliams2429]

I'm somewhere in between TBH.

[@Lizardboy-111]

Could you please talk about saurophaganax

[@phengster1]

I think he has already

[@Eshkanama]

He’s got one in Saurophaganax already

[@LilDragonkaijufan]

Nice comeback Nano, you might be considered as apart of the family now.

[@Endel-ion]

I bet that if we find a fully grown Nanotyrannus speciment or a 14 yo old Rex speciment, that it will just open up more debate, whether It is a big Nano or a small Rex.

[@govardhanposina17]

Not really because we now have a specimen to compare and contrast against

[@CarmenGarcia-uu4mn]

Nanotyrannus: I always come back!

[@tyrannicalsyrup5603]

If they call that a Nano, then we’re doomed fellas😂

[@SpookySaurian]

That first pic of Nano on Metroman was so cursed☠️

[@GenesisOrb]

Nano: So. You’re the punk I heard about. Rex: 😳

[@SkrunkyTheClown]

Me and my friends came to a debate that a Dwarf sized tyrannosaurus would make sense in an evolutionary point of view, focusing more on smaller prey, which would "Technically" have less predator competition

[@Thatonestarwarsfan14165]

Nano tyrannous looks like he's seen things

[@CarmenGarcia-uu4mn]

Tyrannosaurus Rex: I... I thought you were dead? Nanotyrannus: My death was... greaty exaggerated.

[@Orcaluv26]

I believe that this is a new species largely because there are not a whole lot of medium sized carnivores in hells creek formation. Sure there were dromeosaurs but they were significantly smaller so nanotyrannus can be a separate species from sheer niche partitioning.

[@Soundwave_Superior_45]

Nanotyrannus: "You won't let me live. You won't let me die."

[@julianozaur444]

I was in these comment sections of yours for ages, fighting for nanotyrannus memory. I will just say - that is may be the Victory day !

[@OliverReynolds123]

Nanotyrannus is definitely a badass dinosaur, also cool video dude keep up the amazing work.👍🏻😎🦖🦕🔥

[@minecad2828]

Young Tyrannosaurus*

[@OliverReynolds123]

@@minecad2828 How do you know it’s a young Trex?

[@minecad2828]

@@OliverReynolds123 Nanotyrannus has been an invalid species for many years now. Many papers looked at the bones we have only to find out it was just a young t rex

[@jburton0346]

@OliverReynolds it's still classified as a young tyrannosaurus until further notice

[@OliverReynolds123]

@@jburton0346 until they find enough evidence to prove it is its own species.

[@penguin-pd1ud]

GASP COULD IT Be, I remember watching a documentary saying it wasn't a valid species but this is cool

[@walkingwithdragons251]

The thing that i see no one taking in account is, dryptosaurus lived in the same age as trex did, so what if nanotyrannus was a westren dryptosaurid that just adapted to be smaller to live with trex??? I mean, it would explain the large grabby arms that are as big as a trex

[@Parambolumberienriatta]

It for sure would help a lot if we could just go back and ask them.

[@ANotSoPopularMan]

Dinosaur Fight Club clarity is hitting hard.

[@Adog336]

Let's go. He's back

[@AgroAcro]

I wouldn't say that. This is already a controversial paper.

[@Adog336]

@@AgroAcro I know I'm trying to be optimistic

[@SkullZilla-j9o]

Nanotyrannus: The Comeback in theaters this summer

[@I.J.A.Y.U]

We need this type of green screen kids, that actually make content, not steal from some

[@axelsxnumba1fan]

Speaking of juvenile Trex, thought you'd like to know my son and I watch your shorts all the time. He's going to be 4 in March and he loves dinosaurs... likes to pretend to be 'baby tyrannosaurus'. I grew up loving dinosaurs and now my little dude is too. Says he loves watching dinosaur man (you)! He can name more dinosaurs at age 3 than I could at like age 6. It's amazing! Thank you for all your interesting content, it does not go unappreciated. 💙🦖

[@E-102GammaMKII]

Never heard of Nanotyrannus before. Wouldn't be surprised if it did exist at some point.

[@minecad2828]

It didn't

[@E-102GammaMKII]

@@minecad2828 Oh

[@Caleb-r3s]

Come on Nanotyrannus I still have hope in you. LETS GO

[@ricardowilliams255]

Imagine being in prehistoric and seeing that predatory staring straight through your soul

[@MoparMikeMM]

One video I'd seen brought up a point that one of the arm bones of nannotyrannus were actually larger than a large t rex, claiming it had longer arms than the latter

[@villienalberto5926]

nanotyrannus: i always come back

[@raptorrixx99-wv2hl]

Red Raptor Writes: *Darth Vader "Nooooooo" scream*

[@dinoskywalker3515]

I think I got an idea for one of the next videos you do. This one is on SCP-1265, also known as “The Mesozoic Preserve”. SCP-1265 is an irregularly shaped 50km area of land within the Congo basin. SCP-1265 is mostly contained within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but approximately 15km of it is contained within the Republic of the Congo. The majority of SCP-1265 is uninhabited, save for some tribal villages, flora typical of the Congo basin and most of all, living dinosaurs.

[@sleipnirthe8th339]

And so, The debate of if Rex is the father goes on

[@jeffjefferson2853]

"In order to put this debate to rest we will need something we may literally already have"

[@edgytoucan3444]

spinosaurus and nanotyrannus should have tea together

[@timetraveler1973]

could also be just nutrition or injuries contribute to growth rings. the real question might be did they share the same habitat? at the same time ?

[@minecad2828]

There is a 98% chance that Nanotyrannus still remains invalid

[@froggyl7472]

my local meusueam just renovated their dinosaur stuff, removing their fairly expansive nannotyranus exhibit. would be funny if it turns out he's valid again.

[@TriassicPendraig]

LEEETS GOOOOO NANOTYRANNOS MEY BE BACK Nanotyrannos was/is one of my favorite mid sized cretaceous theropods

[@CarmenGarcia-uu4mn]

The Nanotyrannus is the villain of the Tyrannosaurus Rex!

[@Smol_neko_boi]

When I was younger and I found out about the nano tyrannus I would draw it and a trex on the same piece of paper

[@eliletts8149]

They need to compare any specimens that are believed to be juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex specimens to those that are thought to be Nonnotyranus. A direct side-by-side comparison and observation.

[@andrewtoews5050]

I’m Parrying Nano Is Valid

[@tsukkizaj9890]

I love how scientists only have beef with each other 😂

[@TheFallen-ff4xn]

I swear to god if nanotyranus comes back I’m expecting damn harmba coming back

[@Smugblast]

The US gov says it's settled & it failed to prove the hypothetical nanorex. Because it knows it's more than likely a juve because it has ringed growth in bones like young trees this implies it was still growing dramatically.

[@SlxVsY]

Nanotyrannus looks terrifying I would hate to be prey to that looked like it roasted back from the dead

[@SCARECROWHILL007]

I remember this when I was in 3rd or 4th grade, this animal was the shit just before Jurassic Park

[@laylafuller686]

The eyes staring into my soul

[@pika_1_859]

I still kinda think nanotyranus is just a young t.rex

[@Snowyyy1006]

Nah cuz no one is talking about how terrifying that final image of nano is

[@ErintheAutisticOctoling]

I'm still not sure what to think, ill wait until the adult Nano and/or juvenile rex are discovered

[@fusiongod5004]

Oh damn. They really do be bringing back dinosaurs.

[@harrytyrrell2124]

I put my money on Nanotyrannus

[@Protest467]

Happy return Nanotyrannus. T rex rival!!

[@Panhead365]

Brontosaurus: Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!

[@emaciatedFlower]

I dont know why, but the depictions of nanotyrannus always look like nightmare fuel

[@nickkay2282]

Tbh he looks like he isn't sure he realy existed either 😂

[@Wario-The-Legend]

If that illustration is accurate, I sure hope it doesn't exist. Last thing we need is smaller, more agile T. Rexes

[@mesozoicgames6813]

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!

[@Skyscape101]

As much as I want nanotyrannus to be a different dinosaur than T-Rex I don’t think it is

[@panos617]

Lets dig in to find evidences!!!

[@DeinocheirusEnjoyer]

dear god its back.

[@CasualPrince8]

But...if they get either of those specimens, they'll just be arguing about which one it is!

[@captianmarmoo4706]

I personally hope nanoTyrannus is valid because I love the idea of a dinosaur that hunts the T-Rex ( I know only juvenile t-rexes but still)

[@Eyeking567]

Even if nanotyrannus was valid it will get thrown like a ball by a tyrannosaurus Rex

[@captianmarmoo4706]

​@@Eyeking567 oh yeah absolutely I agree with you

[@Shafi756]

Bruh even a Dakota raptor pack is more dangerous for T rex than a lone nanotyrannus.

[@captianmarmoo4706]

@@Shafi756 yeah your right but i'm referring to young t-rexes not full grown ones

[@Raiders989]

I’m not holding my breath

[@kittenworld87]

Nanotyrannus is definitely a valid genus. The little cousin of T-Rex.

[@kousarpatel9449]

No you're wrong nanotyrannus being seperate from t.rex isn't definitive

[@kittenworld87]

@@kousarpatel9449 The fossils clearly prove that Nanotyrannus is valid genus and not a juvenile T-Rex. Those who are not blind can see. What Wikipedia says and the official position is another matter. I believe in facts.

[@Se_prpductions23]

His death was greatly exaggerated XD

[@gendygoblin8391]

We have a Juvenile Gorgosaurus that basically lines up with the proportions of Jane(most complete nano/juvenile skeleton) when compared to their adult stages.

[@lukeskywalkerjediknight2.013]

Yes. People should also talk about PIN 552-2 (Tarbosaurus juvenile). It’s the Mongolian equivalent of Nanotyrannus

[@playtime_foxy]

I love the idea of nanotyrannus and would love to find out it's a real dinosaur but at the same time I'm fully aware that it could just be a juvi rex.... In the end I have no standing in this debate, I can't take a side because in the end of the day both are equally plausible and implausible for their own select reasons

[@knight1167]

The idea of Nano being it's own species does sound exciting. Either way, it's all interesting

[@ChimmyAnimate]

True

[@dinomight2641]

Nano pulled a Miles and said nah I'mma do my own thing 😂

[@WiFiDown37811]

While currently I don't believe that Nanotyrannus is valid, I think it would be cool if it did. Maybe one day we'll get answers but for now it's fun to speculate, especially since both sides have solid arguments

[@robbieq7814]

I hope the nanotyrannus wins this debate

[@Hood-i5f]

But nobody is talking about Troodon, give him some credit

[@BrexTheMan]

i think its invalid now or something

[@Hood-i5f]

@@BrexTheMan there is still hope

[@minecad2828]

no there isn't @@Hood-i5f

[@onyx2787]

How many times do we need to teach you this lesson old man?!

[@matthewsweeney1593]

I think nanotyrannus might might be a it's own genus but then again it might be a juvenile of trex or all new tyrannosaur

[@CeratsTheCrunch]

Still think its a tyrannosaurus and nothing else except a Full grown nanotyrannus can make me believe otherwise.

[@joshuaball5916]

Maybe Nanotyrannus was Dryptosaurus's distant cousin or ancestor....

[@keybladegames_real]

You forgot to mention it killed baby trexes and refused to run in a situation that it dies

[@Gatroshan]

This is debate was about as productive as the French revolution

[@jakobhernsater]

Wh does the nanotrannus staring in my eyes

[@tyclancy5490]

Anyone else think the last image is just a little creepy looking with those huge red eyes peering into your soul and people say dinosaurs aren't scary

[@ChaoticShadow-12]

Nanotyrannus looks like a more nimble and light weight tyrannosaur

[@minecad2828]

It's literally a young tyrannosaurus

[@A_fish_with_dentures]

People just gotta accept they’re never gonna get dinosaurs right 😞/j

[@Greenthero]

Video 33 of asking you to cover the fictional dinosaurs of prior extinction

[@viktorsworldproductions]

if nanotyrannus is valid that would make it a dwarf Tyrannosaurid, which is honestly crazy to think about

[@lukeskywalkerjediknight2.013]

None of the nano specimens are fully grown, so we don’t know how big they would be

[@somekidcalledmark3754]

In 2012 they said This dinosaur never exit but the truth he was a younger t-rex and real

[@violetdune1132]

Has anyone seen dinohunters? The first season has a tyrannosaur skeleton that I believe was confirmed to be a nanotyrannus skeleton. It might be on KZbin if anyone wants to make sure

[@lukeskywalkerjediknight2.013]

I have. It’s for sale 20 million dollars

[@Godzilla_piece]

Can you do a video on ghidora from Godzilla please?

[@michaellubcke3507]

I read about this just yesterday

[@MelodyVOA]

AIN'T NO WAY

[@snakeboi2.o]

Yeah no way

[@ryanhickson6399]

It most likely did exist, whether this proves it or not. Millions of years has gotta be long enough for a smaller genus to evolve