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It is the only dinosaur that is commonly known to the general public by its full scientific name (binomial name) and the scientific abbreviation T. rex has also come into wide usage. [51] Robert T. Bakker notes this in The Dinosaur Heresies and explains that, "a name like ' T. rex ' is just irresistible to the tongue."
This sudden change in growth rate may indicate physical maturity, a hypothesis that is supported by the discovery of medullary tissue in the femur of an 18-year-old T. rex from Montana (MOR 1125, also known as "B-rex"). [51] Medullary tissue is found only in female birds during ovulation, indicating that "B-rex" was of reproductive age. [52]
Montana's T. rex (also known as "Peck's rex", "Peckrex", "Rigby's rex" and Tyrannosaurus "imperator") is the nickname given to a fossil specimen found in Montana in 1997. [54] The discovery was made by Louis E. Tremblay on 4 July 1997 working under the supervision of J. Keith Rigby Jr. who led the excavation and bone preparation.
Bucky the T. rex: Casper Statens Naturhistoriske Museum [176] [177] Tyrannosaurus rex: Casper the T. rex: Chinley [178] [179] [180] Tyrannosaurus: Previously known as the Mud Butte Tyrannosaur Chomper MOR 6625 Museum of the Rockies: Tyrannosaurus: Juvenile skull, named for initial find of small lower jaw fragment. Cast of Chomper in Berkeley ...
Skeletal mount of the Tyrannosaurus holotype.. This timeline of tyrannosaur research is a chronological listing of events in the history of paleontology focused on the tyrannosaurs, a group of predatory theropod dinosaurs that began as small, long-armed bird-like creatures with elaborate cranial ornamentation but achieved apex predator status during the Late Cretaceous as their arms shrank and ...
Theri comes from the same family as the T-rex and Giganotosaurus. If you saw the movie, you know what else went into the Indominous. Jurassic World set a record for the biggest opening weekend ...
Mounted skeletons of different age groups, Los Angeles Natural History Museum. The feeding behaviour of Tyrannosaurus rex has been studied extensively. The well known attributes of T. rex (its jaws, legs and overall body design) are often interpreted to be indicative of either a predatory or scavenging lifestyle, and as such the biomechanics, feeding strategies and diet of Tyrannosaurus have ...
A 9-foot great white shark, Simon, known to travel with an 8-foot BFF was tracked by OCEARCH off Florida's East Coast, near Vero Beach Wednesday.