1. Predatory Dinosaur. This is probably the most famous and most fearsome predator of all times. Tyrannosaurus rex (Cretaceous, 65 million years), it's name meaning 'terrible king lizard', is a very rare animal. Up until this day only 20 specimens are found, including only three complete skulls. This therapod? dinosaur was first found by [Barnum Brown]?, in the early 1900s. |
A predatory Dinosaur. This is probably the most famous and most fearsome predator of all times. Tyrannosaurus rex (Cretaceous, 65 million years), it's name meaning 'terrible king lizard', is a very rare animal. Up until this day only 20 specimens are found, including only three complete skulls. This therapod? dinosaur was first found by [Barnum Brown]?, in the early 1900s. |
Given the size of Tyrannosaurus, and combined with the fact that they were almost certainly warm-blooded, paleontologist? [James Farlow]? calculated the number of lawyers a grown Tyrannosaurus had to eat (based on a scene from the movie [Jurassic Park]?, in which a lawyer became T-Rex chow) to stay alive. Taken an average weight of 68 kilograms, 292 lawyers would be needed to keep one T-Rex happy for a year - case dismissed! |
Given the size of Tyrannosaurus, and combined with the fact that they were almost certainly warm-blooded, paleontologist? [James Farlow]? calculated the number of lawyers a grown Tyrannosaurus had to eat (based on a scene from the movie [Jurassic Park]?, in which a lawyer became T-Rex fodder) to stay alive. Taken an average weight of 68 kilograms, 292 lawyers would be needed to keep one T-Rex happy for a year! |
In contrast to common belief, Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn't the only Tyrannosaurus around: |
In contrast to common belief, Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn't the only Tyrannosaurus around. The following species have been identified: |
The classification of these varies a little (for instance, T. battaar is sometimes called Tarbosaurus). |
The classification of these varies a little (for instance, T. battaar is sometimes called Tarbosaurus?). Tyranosaurus Rex was the original name of the 1970s pop group founded by [Marc Bolan]?, [T. Rex]?. |
2. Pop Group. Tyrranosaurus Rex was the original name of the 1970s pop group founded by Marc Bolan, [T. Rex]?. |