How It Works-Book Of Dinosaurs

MOST AMAZING DINOSAURS

Tyrannosaurus rex

(‘Tyrant lizard king’)

Carnivore

Cretaceous period, 67-66 MYA

Found in: Western North America

Lived in: Forests with swamps and rivers

Balance

T-rex’s huge head was

balanced by its heavy tail

Scales or feathers?

T-rex may have had feathers

on at least part of its giant

body, just like a bird

Long-lived
T-rex was able to live for
up to 30 years

Clawed grip
Although T-rex’s arms
were small, each with
two claws, they were
strong, able to grip
prey or push itself off
the fl oor

Dino skill

T-rex may have had the most vicious bite of any

animal to have lived, many times stronger than

lions and sharks and capable of crunching bone

and ripping apart its prey.

Tyrannosaurus rex

Killer rating: 5/

Speed: 3/

Defence: 3/

Fact

The largest T-rex skulls

ever to be found are

1.5m across, and

some of the T-rex

teeth were up to

30cm long