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 or run very slowly
• Probably walked on straight legs
• Not the largest carnivorous dinosaur found