The Most Massive T. rex Ever Found Was Also the Most Elderly

#20 in our top science stories of 2019.

By Gemma Tarlach
Dec 26, 2019 10:00 PMDec 27, 2019 12:46 AM
Scotty
Scotty, the most massive T. rex ever found, is the also the most elderly. (Credit: Amanda Kelley)

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“It’s a big honkin’ animal.” That’s how College of Charleston paleontologist Scott Persons describes the fossil that happens to share his name. “Scotty,” named for a celebratory bottle of scotch cracked open to toast its discovery, is the biggest Tyrannosaurus rex in the fossil record — and the most elderly.

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