Tyrannosaurus Rex

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Tyrannosaurus Rex is a large carnivorous dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous period, roughly 68 million years ago.

Often shortened to T.

Rex, it has become the iconic prehistoric predator in popular imagination—the dinosaur children learn first, the one that terrorizes theme parks in movies.

Its name means "tyrant lizard king."

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Categories
Opposites
size and power among dinosaurs

Tyrannosaurus RexArchaeopteryx

Prehistoric transitional flying creature

Protoceratops · early mammals

predator vs prey

Tyrannosaurus Rexhadrosaurs

Duck-billed dinosaur family

Brachiosaurus · sauropods · herbivores

extinct vs extant

Tyrannosaurus Rexelephant

Tusked gray giant

chicken · crocodile · modern birds · lion · great white shark

Family

tyrannosaurus, tyranny, tyrant, tyrannical, tyrannize, tyrannous, tyrannicide

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G