Pygmy Tyrannosaurs once ruled the Arctic reaches of Alaska
Meet Nanuqsaurus hoglundi. Based on its 25-inch-long skull, its body was probably half the length of a Tyrannosaurus Rex’s, but this petit tyrannosaurid was an apex predator of the Arctic. Cranial fragment fossils of Nanuqsaurus hoglundi (Nanuqsaurus means “polar bear lizard”) were collected from the Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry in North Slope, Alaska, in 2006, but it’s…
