T. rex took 40 years to reach full size, study finds

For many years, paleontologists have studied annual growth rings preserved inside the fossilized leg bones of Tyrannosaurus rex. Much like the rings inside a tree trunk, these marks help scientists estimate how old the dinosaurs were when they died and how quickly they grew. Earlier research suggested that T. rex reached its full size by about age 25.

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