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| − | [[File:Fossil_2.jpg|thumb|250px|A skeleton of a T.rex.]]The '''T. rex's '''real name, "'''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'''" , means "tyrant lizard king". It was a ferocious carnivore that lived at the end of the '''Cretaceous period''' (about 70-65 million years ago). It hunted large herbivores or scavenged their dead carcasses. It died out in the infamous K-T extinction. |
+ | [[File:Fossil_2.jpg|thumb|250px|A skeleton of a T.rex.]]The '''T. rex's '''real name, "'''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'''" , means "tyrant [[File:Fggk.jpg|thumb|207px|Dinosaur Train]]lizard king". It was a ferocious carnivore that lived at the end of the '''Cretaceous period''' (about 70-65 million years ago). It hunted large herbivores or scavenged their dead carcasses. It died out in the infamous K-T extinction. |
'''T. rex '''had a great brain - for a dinosaur, but it's brain wasn't much bigger than a fully grown man's. T. rex needed a great brain to make it good at seeing, hearing and smelling. Its head was so big that its arm size was greatly decreased in order to distribute its weight evenly. |
'''T. rex '''had a great brain - for a dinosaur, but it's brain wasn't much bigger than a fully grown man's. T. rex needed a great brain to make it good at seeing, hearing and smelling. Its head was so big that its arm size was greatly decreased in order to distribute its weight evenly. |
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A skeleton of a T.rex.
The T. rex's real name, "Tyrannosaurus rex" , means "tyrant
Dinosaur Train
lizard king". It was a ferocious carnivore that lived at the end of the Cretaceous period (about 70-65 million years ago). It hunted large herbivores or scavenged their dead carcasses. It died out in the infamous K-T extinction.
T. rex had a great brain - for a dinosaur, but it's brain wasn't much bigger than a fully grown man's. T. rex needed a great brain to make it good at seeing, hearing and smelling. Its head was so big that its arm size was greatly decreased in order to distribute its weight evenly.
Fact file
Length = 13-14 meters (43-46 feet)
Height = 6 meters (20 feet)
Weight = 5-7 tonnes maybe up to 8 or 9 tonnes
Diet = carnivore
Prey
T. rex's usual food were hadrosaurs such as Edmontosaurus, as they were easy prey, because a new study shows that T-Rex could run up to 36mph (57.2kmp), despite its huge weight; and Parasaurolophus was not very adept at defending itself.. It also attacked Ankylosaurus, the heavily armoured herbivore. However, Ankylosaurus could easily defend itself with its tail club and fractures sustained from these battles have been found on dead T-Rex fossils, suggesting that these could prove fatal. It also ate stranded/injured pterosaurs and early crocodiles. There is also evidence that it occasionally hunted and fought with Triceratops.
Largest Dino?
T. rex was believed to be the largest carnivore ever to live on land up until the discovery of Giganotosaurus was
bigger than Tyranosaurus Rex. After that, Spinosaurus was found to be the largest land dwelling carnivore ever to walk the Earth!Also carcharadontosaurus was MUCH larger than t.rex ,almost the size of spinosaurus
In Popular Culture
T. rex has thus become a staple, in popular culture. {C
T. rex was the main "villain" in the hit movies Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park (it was replaced by Spinosaurs in Jurassic Park /// .The t .rex was too large!It was 7 metres at the hips in height.) and in King Kong, Kong is shown battling a Tyrannosaur of some kind (presumably a T.rex). T. rex was shown as
King Kong "V-Rex"
being larger than it truly was, and capable of moving objects which it would not possibly have been able to in real life. However, it was an excellent piece of special effects, and even now children are crawling into bed at night scared that T. rex is coming to get them...
An Dead theropod.
A fictional decendant of T. rex was also depicted as a villainous creature "V-Rex" (Right) in Peter Jacksons remake of King Kong. Kong manages to kill 3 of them in a battle to save Ann Darrow, the actress he is smitten with.T.rex is also depicted in documentaries such as Walking With Dinosaurs,Jurassic Fight Club, Beyond T. Rex, and Clash of the Dinosaurs.He is in Jurassic Fight Club episodes 2,7,and 11. In number 2 a pair of juviniles are shown fighting a Nanotyrannos (witch is later killed by there mother and left as a message to "stay away". In number 7 they discuss the facts of T. rex,and in 11 one is chasing Raptors away from a dead Edmontosaurus.
The T. rex also appeared in the 2008 video game, Turok, in which the T. rex's name was Mama Scarface. In the game fossil fighters and the sequel fossil fighters champions.
T.rex has is often nicknamed "King of the Dinosaurs"
Jurassic Park T-Rex
Chomper from The Land Before Time
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