Tyrannosaurus rex
Tyrannosaurus rex
Pronunciation: tie-RAN-oh-SORE-us REX
Meaning of name: tyrant lizard, king
Length: 35-40 feet (10-12 meters)
Weight: Estimated 6 tons (5,500 kg)
Diet: Meat
Range: North America (Alberta, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Saskatchewan, South Dakota and Wyoming)
Age: Late Cretaceous, 68-65 million years ago
What's real?: The skeleton and skulls are casts. The original fossils are in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
What is it? Tyrannosaurus is a theropod dinosaur.
