Megan Jacobs

“Although its a scary prospect, actually a lot of them have ended up in the public eye... these things without a doubt will end end up in a museum at some point.”

Megan Jacobs · said 2026-10-27 · reported 2026-10-27

Jacobs argued that many privately sold fossils eventually end up in museums and public view.

“But it's a lot smaller and its a lot more gracile. So it's very sort-of sleek, slender, [with] blade-like teeth for slicing through meat,”

Megan Jacobs · said 2026-10-27 · reported 2026-10-27

Jacobs described the physical differences between Nanotyrannus and T. rex, noting its smaller size and blade-like teeth.

“I don't begrudge the people involved for wanting to sell it for such a large amount of money,”

Megan Jacobs · said 2026-10-27 · reported 2026-10-27

Jacobs acknowledged the time, effort, and money invested in excavating dinosaur specimens.

“was for a very long time believed to be sort of a teenager of T. rex”

Megan Jacobs · said 2026-10-27 · reported 2026-10-27

Jacobs told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Nanotyrannus had long been mistaken for a juvenile T. rex.