Tyrannosaurus rex is arguably the most famous dinosaur of all. It lived during the last 5 million years of the Cretaceous period, 70-65 million years

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Tyrannosaurus rex is arguably the most famous dinosaur of all. It lived during the last 5 million years of the Cretaceous period, 70-65 million years ago, in what is now North America. An active hunter and possibly also an opportunistic scavenger, Tyrannosaurus measured about 14 metres long, 5-6 metres tall, and weighed about 7 tons.

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