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Tyrannosaurus ( Osborn, 1905; il cui nome significa lucertola tirannica [1] ), spesso abbreviato in T. rex (diminutivo scientifico) o colloquialmente T-Rex, è un genere estinto di dinosauro teropode tyrannosauride vissuto nel Cretaceo superiore, in quello che oggi è il Nordamerica, che a quell'epoca era un continente isolato nominato Laramidia.
Stygivenator molnari. (Paul, 1988a emend Paul, 1990) Olshevsky, 1995. Tyrannosaurus ( / tɪˌrænəˈsɔːrəs, taɪ -/) [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.
Tyrannosaur, any of a group of dinosaurs that lived from the late Jurassic Period to the late Cretaceous Period. Most were large predators, with very large skulls approaching or well exceeding a full meter (more than three feet) in length. The best-known and largest member of the group is Tyrannosaurus rex, or T. rex.
2 apr 2014 · Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the most ferocious predators to ever walk the Earth. With a massive body, sharp teeth, and jaws so powerful they could crush a car, this famous carnivore dominated...
5 giorni fa · Tyrannosaurus rex is the best-known and largest member of a group of theropod dinosaurs called tyrannosaurs; its scientific name is Latin for “king of the tyrant lizards.”. Since 1902 paleontologists have recognized the T. rex as the only formal member of the genus Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus lives up to its reputation as one of the most fearsome animals of all time. Its powerful jaws had 60 teeth, each one up to 20cm (8 inches) long and its bite was around 3 times as powerful than that of a lion. Bite marks found on Triceratops and Edmontosaurus fossil bones show that Tyrannosaurus could crunch through bone.
Almost everything about Tyrannosaurus rex indicates the enormous power of one of the largest theropod dinosaurs that ever existed. The first skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex was discovered in 1902 in Hell Creek, Montana, by the Museum's famous fossil hunter Barnum Brown.
