TYRANNOSAURUS REX - INFO
TIME
Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian
LOCATION
For Scotty:
Near Eastend, Saskatchewan, Canada
Frenchman Formation
Measurements for this taxa (cm)
SCOTTY :
Skull
Maximum skull length: 146.8 cm
Maximum skull height (JUG -> PORB): 66.5 cm
Body
Maximum length (along centra): 1237 cm (12.37 m)
Maximum length (along the curves of silhouette) 1267 cm (12.67 m)
Weight
10,546 kg (using 0.97 bone density)
ABOUT TYRANNOSAURUS
Tyrannosaurus rex was the top predator of Maastrichtian North America, with a range spanning most of the western continent. It was an active hunter, with an immense bite force perhaps surpassing all animals extant and extinct.
Tyrannosaurus, from what specimens we currently have, remains the heaviest theropod (as of 2022), surpassing other giants like Giganotosaurus and Spinosaurus in this regard (though not in length)
References
Skull
Persons IV, W.S., Currie, P.J. and Erickson, G.M., 2020. An older and exceptionally large adult specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex. The Anatomical Record, 303(4), pp.656-672.
Osborn, H.F., 1912. Crania of Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus (Vol. 1). st.
Postcrania
Brochu, C.A., 2003. Osteology of Tyrannosaurus rex: insights from a nearly complete skeleton and high-resolution computed tomographic analysis of the skull. Journal of vertebrate Paleontology, 22(sup4), pp.1-138.
Hogarth, C. (2017) Scotty the Tyrannosaurus Rex - Research Casting International. https://rescast.com/case-studies/scotty-the-t-rex/.
Persons IV, W.S., Currie, P.J. and Erickson, G.M., 2020. An older and exceptionally large adult specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex. The Anatomical Record, 303(4), pp.656-672.
