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  2. Tyrannosaurus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Specimens of Tyrannosaurus - Wikipedia

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    The skeleton of Montana's T. rex includes a relatively complete skull with jaws, multiple vertebrae of the back and tail, a well preserved gastralium, and hipbone with complete ischium and pubis. The left hindleg is relatively complete with a 1.2-meter-long (3.9 ft) femur, missing only some toe bones.

  4. Tyrannosauridae - Wikipedia

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    The largest species was Tyrannosaurus rex, the most massive known terrestrial predator, which measured over 13 metres (43 ft) in length [2] and according to most modern estimates up to 8.87 metric tons (9.78 short tons) in weight. [3] [4] Tyrannosaurids were bipedal carnivores with massive skulls filled with large teeth. Despite their large ...

  5. Tyrannosauroidea - Wikipedia

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    Skull of Proceratosaurus, a proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid from the Middle Jurassic of England. Tyrannosaurus was named by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905, along with the family Tyrannosauridae. [15] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words τυραννος tyrannos ('tyrant') and σαυρος sauros ('lizard'). The superfamily name ...

  6. Sue (dinosaur) - Wikipedia

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    Sue (dinosaur) Sue[ a] is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is one of the largest, [ b] most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. [ 4] FMNH PR 2081 was discovered on August 12, 1990, [ 5] by American explorer and fossil collector Sue Hendrickson, and was named after her.

  7. Trix (dinosaur) - Wikipedia

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    Trix (dinosaur) Trix is a Tyrannosaurus rex specimen excavated in 2013 in Montana, United States by a team of paleontologists from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands and Black Hills institute of Geological Research in South Dakota. This Tyrannosaurus, over thirty years old – the oldest known Tyrannosaurus specimen ...

  8. Sue Hendrickson - Wikipedia

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    Sue Hendrickson. Susan Hendrickson (born December 2, 1949) is an American explorer and fossil collector. Hendrickson is best known for her discovery of the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex in South Dakota on August 12, 1990, in the Cheyenne River Reservation. Her discovery is the most complete skeleton of Tyrannosaurus known to science.

  9. Rare fossil of adolescent Tyrannosaurus - 'Teen Rex'- found ...

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    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 ...