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Tyrannosaurus (/ t ɪ ˌ r æ n ə ˈ s ɔː r ə s, t aɪ-/) [a] 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.
Tyrannosaurus rex. Late Cretaceous. Hell Creek Formation. Named after the brother of school teacher Robert Curry, who discovered the fossil [210] Thomas the T. rex: Titus [211] Tyrannosaurus rex: Tristan-Otto Natural History Museum, Berlin. Tyrannosaurus rex. Late Cretaceous. Named after Tristan and Otto, the sons of a Danish-born investment ...
In 2012, Naturalis Biodiversity Center at Leiden, the largest natural history museum of the Netherlands, planned to open a new exhibition hall in 2017.In order to increase the structural number of visitors from 300,000 to 400,000 per annum, the management decided to try and procure an authentic Tyrannosaurus skeleton, preferably one excavated by the museum itself.
His findings, published in 2019, yielded that Scotty is the largest (in weight and length), having out-measured the previous largest known Tyrannosaurus rex: Sue of the Chicago Field Museum (FMNH 2081). [13] After prolonged study of the growth patterns in the bones, "Scotty" was also declared as one of the oldest known T. rex fossils at 30 ...
Tyrannosaurus, which roamed western North America, was one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs. It appears this Tyrannosaurus was about 13-15 years old, two-thirds adult size, 25 feet (7.6 meters ...
Montana's T. rex (also known as "Peck's rex", "Peckrex", "Rigby's rex" and Tyrannosaurus "imperator") is the nickname given to a fossil specimen found in Montana in 1997. [54] The discovery was made by Louis E. Tremblay on 4 July 1997 working under the supervision of J. Keith Rigby Jr. who led the excavation and bone preparation.
We asked renowned paleontologists to redesign the purple T. rex. Here's what they came up with, starting with changing those "sweet-looking teeth."
Tachyoryctes rex, the king mole rat, a rodent species found high on Mount Kenya; Thoristella rex, a sea snail species endemic to New Zealand; Trialeurodes rex, a whitefly species found on Sulawesi; Tropidoptera rex, a probably extinct snail species endemic to Oahu; Tyrannasorus rex, a fossil beetle species from the Miocene epoch