Tyrannosaurus Rex is widely regarded as the most famous dinosaur. This is partly because it was the first very large carnivorous dinosaur to be discovered and it was long believed to have been the largest that ever lived. Another factor was that it was probably the fiercest meat eater that ever lived.

T. rex is characterized by an oversized head with forward facing eyes, huge muscular jaws, robust serrated teeth, a powerful tail, and tiny arms. T rex was the apex predator of its time.

Tyrannosaurus rex, whose name means “king of the tyrant lizards,” was built to rule. This dinosaur's muscular body stretched as long as 40 feet - about the size of a school bus - from its snout to the tip of its powerful tail. Weighing up to eight tons, T. rex stomped headfirst across its territory on two strong legs.

The first skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex was discovered in 1902 in Hell Creek, Montana, by the Museum's famous fossil hunter Barnum Brown. Six years later, Brown discovered a nearly complete T. rex skeleton at Big Dry Creek, Montana.

T-Rex is one of the biggest land predators ever T-Rex's size is comparable to that of an American school bus. Pretty huge! tons, was 12 feet high and measured in at an impressive 60 feet in length. These days, the largest land predator on earth is the Polar Bear.

From 1970 to 1973, T. Rex encountered a popularity in the UK comparable to that of the Beatles, with a run of eleven top ten singles, four of which reached number one: "Hot Love", "Get It On", "Telegram Sam" and "Metal Guru".

a very large, meat-eating dinosaur with large, powerful back legs, small front legs and a long tail. T-Rex is short for Tyrannosaurus rex, a dinosaur of the tyrannosaurus genus (= a group of animals, less similar than a species): The top speed of a T-Rex has been a controversy for many years now.

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• Tyrannosaurus Rex was first discovered in Colorado.
• Tyrannosaurus Rex is not from the Jurassic Period.
• T-Rex has around 60 bone crunching teeth.
• T-Rex ate other dinosaurs.
• The T-Rex skull was absolutely massive!

“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.

Tyrannosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning "king" in Latin), often called T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the best represented theropods.

Paleontologists are more likely to find fragments of isolated bones, teeth, and claws than a perfectly preserved skeleton of a T. rex or any other dinosaur. And even then, finding any kind of fossil is rare. That's because the conditions have to be just right for fossilization to occur in the first place.

Sue Sue is the largest, most complete, and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton with more than 90% of the bones discovered. It was discovered in South Dakota in 1990 and is named after the paleontologist who first discovered it.

The fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex could generate tremendous bone-crushing bite forces thanks to a stiff lower jaw. That stiffness stemmed from a boomerang-shaped bit of bone that braced what would have been an otherwise flexible jawbone, a new analysis suggests.

And fearsome appearance which have captured the imaginations of scientists. And the public alike for decades.

Sue is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is one of the largest, most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk.

Before 1980 all knowledge of T. rex was based on only four skeletons, none very complete. The Latin name was given to the first specimen by American paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905 and was based on partial specimens collected from the Hell Creek Formation by renowned fossil hunter Barnum Brown.