Tyrannosaurus

dinosaurs · predators · Cretaceous · fossils

Giant meat-eater. Tyrannosaurus rex was a huge theropod dinosaur that hunted across western North America when it was a separate island continent called Laramidia.

Lived long ago. T. rex walked the Earth between 69 and 66 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period, making it one of the last dinosaurs before they all went extinct.

Well-preserved fossils. Scientists have found many Tyrannosaurus fossils in different rock layers, which makes T. rex one of the best understood theropod dinosaurs we know about.

Roamed widely. Tyrannosaurus had a bigger range than other members of its family, spreading across a larger area of what is now North America.

Final dinosaurs. Tyrannosaurus was among the very last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before a giant extinction event wiped out most dinosaurs 66 million years ago.