The incredibly rare specimen was found collecting dust in the back room of a museum in China.
Three decades on from the iconic movie, are we actually any closer to bringing the dinosaurs back to life ?
This figure might sound a lot, but it is actually quite a bit smaller than previous estimates had suggested.
Paleontologist Mark P. Witton delves into a recent study that could change how the tyrant lizard is portrayed.
If the dinosaurs hadn't died out, would they have gone on to develop into an intelligent civilization ?
The iconic predatory dinosaur may have been as much as 70% larger than fossil discoveries suggest.
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was enormous - but it was by no means the largest ever to hit our planet.
An intriguing impact crater on the ocean floor seems to be the same age as the impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
A new type of flying reptile from the age of the dinosaurs has been unearthed in the Andes mountains.
Palaeontologists believe that they may have found one of the victims of the extinction event that ended the dinosaurs.
Palaeontologists have discovered fragments of the asteroid that brought about the demise of the dinosaurs.
Comparisons with today's largest living land animals may not be quite as accurate as first thought.
New research suggests that what we know as T. rex might have actually been three distinct species of dinosaur.
Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of prehistoric crocodile that once feasted upon small dinosaurs.
Respiratory infections are not unique to modern times - even the dinosaurs fell ill from time to time.
An unhatched dinosaur resembling a 17-day-old chicken embryo has been discovered by palaeontologists.
An animatronic T. rex at the Natural History Museum in London is rocking a festive new look.
Strange tracks left by giant sauropod dinosaurs have been leaving experts scratching their heads.
Palaeontologists have identified two predatory species of dinosaur that roamed what is now the Isle of Wight.
Even the fiercest dinosaurs may have wagged their tails back and forth when running and walking.