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The fossilized remains of Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the world, on display at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
Eotyrannus, an early member of the tyrannosaur group discovered in Early Cretaceous deposits on the Isle of Wight, was a relatively small and lightly built dinosaur measuring approximately 4.5 metres (15 feet) in length.1