Chip Clark/Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Reconstructed skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex.Tyrannosaurus rex was a carnivorous theropod dinosaur that walked on strong hind limbs. The brains of T. rex were small relative to the brains of large modern mammals.
Chip Clark/Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Tyrannosaurus rex ranks among the largest meat-eating dinosaurs known.Tyrannosaurus rex was an enormous dinosaur. It ranks among the very largest meat-eating dinosaurs known and lived around 66 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period.
Category hierarchy: Biomes | Geology | Fossils & ArtifactsDescription: A mounted tyrannosaur skeleton which was excavated in the territories of the former Soviet Union. Photograph taken circa April 2002 at a traveling museum exhibit. Photographer has tentatively identified the specimen as Tyrannasaurus bataar.Capture device: Camera: Pentax K1000Capture details: Lens:Quantaray 52mm P.L; Film: FujichromeOriginal date: 20020400Locality: Latitude: 2.902800000000000e+001; Longitude: -8.107550000000001e+001
Sue - The Field Museums Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton The largest, most complete, best preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton in the world. Thanks to Alta Buden for making it all happen Images remain the copyright of the Field MusuemPhotosynthImages collection
