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But there is evidence of the first stages in the evolution of a trait that allows the beak to move independently of the braincase, as seen in modern birds.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
Additional skeletal details, like the pattern of jaw articulation and the structure of the braincase, were also contradictory to its classification.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Although only bits of her braincase were recovered, the fragments suggested a brain volume of 388 cubic centimeters.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
The specimens in question do show features in common with adult T. rex — among them the forehead, snout and braincase, said Thomas Carr, a paleontologist at Carthage College who first made the case that Nanotyrannus represented young T. rex.
—Asher Elbein, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
Additional skeletal details, like the pattern of jaw articulation and the structure of the braincase, were also contradictory to its classification.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Although only bits of her braincase were recovered, the fragments suggested a brain volume of 388 cubic centimeters.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
The specimens in question do show features in common with adult T. rex — among them the forehead, snout and braincase, said Thomas Carr, a paleontologist at Carthage College who first made the case that Nanotyrannus represented young T. rex.
—Asher Elbein, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
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“Braincase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/braincase. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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braincase
noun
brain·case
ˈbrān-ˌkās 
: the cranium enclosing the brain
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