Does The World's Most Famous Dinosaur Have The Wrong Name?

Of all the names given to this dinosaur over the years, maybe T. rex shouldn't have been the one that stuck at all… ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: Dennis Dawson, Roatana, Sarah Ellis, Collin Dutrow, Nate Chisholm, Sara Lance, Yibrán Arumir, Stephen A Muth III, tara thara, John Hildebrandt, Melodie Chen-Glasser, Susan Freund, Casey Hague, William Sunderland, Kerry Conneely, Lycoperdon perlatum, Lea Nisay, Nicholas Arger, Eric Younge, Annemiek Arkema, Elyssa, John D Elias, Willie, Beth-Ann Cheney, IAmHere, Nquiztor, lyric1981, SKS PHD, Eric Edwards, Jennifer Courtemanche, Steve Hill, Ruth Orr, Eric Franklin, raus , Deanna Hernandez, Sarah Grunow-Mau, Walter Ray-Dulany, John Celio, Lianne Lairmore, Kevin Lacson, Christopher Samuel, Douglas B, Mary Sammartino , Gizmo, Karen Farrell, Nathan Paskett, Jason Rostoker, Derek Helling, Brian Clubb, Irene Wood, Hillary Ryde-Collins, Steven Kern, AllPizzasArePersonal, Stephanie Schlea, Aaditya Mehta, A.B. Heckert, Jeff Graham, Mary Tevington, Yu Mei, Duane Westhoff, Albert Folsom, Alex Hackman, Nomi Alchin, John H. Austin, Jr., Betsy Radley, Nick Ryhajlo, Dan Caffee If you'd like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eonsshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eonsshow/ Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/pbseons.bsky.social #Eons References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YiXo6P_BwAACO_d9QPbRrIZTngUt3t5HLwAgedddHqU/edit?usp=sharing