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Tyrannosaurus (/ t ɪ ˌ r æ n ə ˈ s ɔː r ə s, t aɪ-/) is a genus of large theropod dinosaur.The type species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning "king" in Latin), often shortened to T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the best represented theropods.It lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia.
Although T. rex is a household name, what we know about this tyrannosaur is constantly evolving. Improved technologies, such as biomechanical modeling and x-ray imaging, ...
Oct 22, 2019 · Some think that the small arms of T. rex were the right size for holding prey near their jaws.. Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images. One feature of Tyrannosaurus rex that everyone makes fun of is its arms, which seem disproportionately tiny compared to the rest of its massive body. T. rex's arms were over three feet long, however, and may have been capable of bench pressing 400 ...
Jul 1, 2024 · Tyrannosaurus rex, (Tyrannosaurus rex), species of predatory dinosaurs that lived during the end of the Cretaceous Period (about 66 million years ago) known from fossils found in the United States and Canada dating to between about 80 million and 66 million years ago. Tyrannosaurus rex is the best-known and largest member of a group of theropod dinosaurs called tyrannosaurs; its scientific ...
Tyrannosaur, any of a group of dinosaurs that lived from the late Jurassic Period to the late Cretaceous Period. Most were large predators, with very large skulls approaching or well exceeding a full meter (more than three feet) in length. The best-known and largest member of the group is Tyrannosaurus rex, or T. rex.
Apr 1, 2014 · General T. rex Facts. What does the name “Tyrannosaurus rex” mean? “Tyrannosaurus” is Greek for “tyrant lizard,” and “rex” means “king” in Latin. So, Tyrannosaurus rex was “King of the Tyrant Lizards.” When and where did T. rex live?. T. rex lived about 66–68 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period in the western United States, including Montana and Wyoming.
But T. rex was no match for the giant asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. Fossil findings. Scientists have known about T. Rex for more than a hundred years, but it wasn’t until the 1980s that the most complete fossil was discovered in South Dakota.
Refining Timing When Barnum Brown’s discovery of T. rex was announced in The New York Times on December 3, 1905, the story said the animal lived 8 million years ago. Reporting on the Museum’s new mount in 1915, the Los Angeles Times told readers the animal was 3 million years old. Scientists now know that T. rex lived 69 to 66 million years ago, at the very end of the Late Cretaceous Period.
The ultimate carnivore. Tyrannosaurus lives up to its reputation as one of the most fearsome animals of all time. Its powerful jaws had 60 teeth, each one up to 20cm (8 inches) long and its bite was around 3 times as powerful than that of a lion.
