Tyrannosaurus Rex

Tyrannosaurus rex

The undisputed king of the dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land predators ever. With a bite force exceeding 12,800 pounds, it could crush bone. Its tiny two-fingered arms remain one of paleontology's great puzzles. T. rex lived in western North America during the last 2 million years before the K-Pg extinction.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Human Scale
Panjang	12.3 m	about as long as 2 cars end-to-end
Height	3.7 m	—
Berat	8.4 t	about the weight of 1.4 elephants

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Tyrannosaurus Rex was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Tyrannosaurus Rex lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100,5 to 66,0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.

Discovery & Naming

Dinamai Oleh	Henry Fairfield Osborn
Tahun Penemuan	1905
Lokasi Penemuan	Montana, USA

Klasifikasi

Dinosauria → Saurischia → Theropoda → Tyrannosauridae → Tyrannosaurus Rex

Tyrant lizards

Large bipedal predators of the Late Cretaceous with massive skulls, powerful jaws, and tiny two-fingered forelimbs. Tyrannosaurus rex is the most famous member.