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Meaning:
means tyrant dinosaur
Size:
up to 12 metres long, 6 metres high
Weight:
up to 6000 kg
Diet:
flesh (carnivorous)
When:
70 million years ago (Upper Cretaceous)
Where:
North America
Grew at same rate as African elephants
Reached full size in 20 years
Scientists debating whether they hunted prey or scavenged on found carcasses
Adults probably fought each other (teeth found in skulls)
More than one species of Tyrannosaurus found
Short arms too small to reach their mouth
Bite force was 170 times stronger than a human’s bite
Could possibly only walk o r run very slowly
Probably walked on straight legs
Not the largest carnivorous dinosaur found