New study says Rockford’s Jane is a new species, not a juvenile T-rex

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ROCKFORD — A new study published in the science journal “Nature” says that Rockford’s famed dinosaur fossil is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex as long believed. Instead, it’s been identified as a new species called Nanotyrannus lethaeus.

Jane, which resembles a smaller version of the T. rex, has been on display at Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 N. Main St., for nearly two dozen years…

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