Tyrannosaurus Rex
(ty-RAN-o-sawr-us reks)
Length: 40 - 50 feet long
Lived during: Late Cretaceous
Found: Western North America
Name Means: Tyrant lizard king
Not only was T. rex probablyu the largest, most terrifying,
and most famous of all the meat eaters. It was also one of the very
last. With its gigantic head high in the air, its 3 to 6 inch butcher
knife teeth, its sharp hind claws, and despite its strangely delicate forearms,
this 6 to 8 ton monster lived up to its reputation as absolute ruler of
the Late Cretaceous.
Lived at the same time as: Ankylosaurus, Gallimimus,
Maiasaura, Parasaurolophus, Protoceratops, Pteranodon, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor
(A close reative, Tarbosaurus, lived in Mongolia. Tarbosaurus is not included
in this set.), Triceratops,
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