A T. re x had tiny
serrations on its teeth.
Its bite would have torn
into a victim’s flesh.means “King of the tyrant lizards”.Tyrannosaurus rex
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Lighten up
With its massive 1.5 m (5 ft) long
skull, this beast could swallow
small dinosaurs whole! Spaces
between the skull bones
made it lighter.
My ancestor
One of the oldest members
of the tyrannosaur family
was recently found in China.
Guanlong prowled Earth some
100 million years before T. rex.What a whopper!
Meet Sue, the world’s largest and most
complete T. rex skeleton. She was sold to
an American museum in 1991 for a jaw-
dropping GB £5.3 million (US $8 million).
Guanlong was just 1.1 m
(3.6 ft) tall, but most of
that was tail and neck!Nose to tail, Sue
measures 12.8 m
(42 ft).