Type of dinosaur
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Tyrannosaurus-Rex
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Features
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Name Means
Tyrant lizard" T-Rex is short for Tyrannosaurus rex
Type
Predator dinosaur
Lived When
(70 million years ago)
Weight
Up to 7 1/2 tons
Height
12-13 feet tall at hips (the hips would have been twice as tall as a tall man!
Length
Up to 43 feet
Weapons
Massive jaws with 50 to 60 blade-like teeth, some up to 9 inches long!
Interesting
T-Rex
Facts
T-Rex's head was about 5 feet long. Its skull had holes in it which made it lighter and easier to carry around.
T-Rex was one of the best known dinosaurs, but it didn't live all that long. T-Rex came along just before the dinosaurs became extinct.
You often see T-Rex pictures with his tail stretched out behind him. He did this for balance.
T-Rex had a very good sense of smell.
When T-Rex ran, he could go 20 miles per hour and could cover 15 feet in one step!
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When it lived on Earth
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During the Late Cetaceous Period, about 85 million to 65 million years ago
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When it became extinct
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Tyrannosaurus Rex went extinct during the K-T mass extinction, about 65 million years ago. This extinction killed the remaining dinosaurs
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Diet
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Tyrannosaurus rex was an aggressive carnivore. Scientists believe this powerful predator could eat up to 500 pounds of meat in one bite. It also eats Herbivores and Edmontosaurus and Triceratops
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Other facts
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It weighs up to 7 tons,
When Tyrannosaurus rex is he age of 14 its body size would increase rapidly, putting on around 600kg a year over the next 4 years,
It is measured up to 13m in length,
4m at its hip
The skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex is measured up to 1.5m long.
The largest tooth of any carnivorous dinosaur found to this date is that of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. It is estimated to have been around 30cm long when including the root
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Thursday, 2 April 2015
Dinosaur Resech
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