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Where did the T Rex come from?
Rex lived only in North America and Asia. There is fossil evidence to show that the T-Rex lived in what is now Montana and Wyoming. But, Scientists have recently discovered a hip bone belonging to an ancestor of the magnificent T Rex at Dinosaur Cove in Victoria, Australia.
What was the first Tyrannosaurus found?
The first skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex was discovered in 1902 in Hell Creek, Montana, by the Museum’s famous fossil hunter Barnum Brown. Six years later, Brown discovered a nearly complete T. rex skeleton at Big Dry Creek, Montana.
What Velociraptor means?
speedy thief
Velociraptor, which means “speedy thief,” had a sharp, deadly, sickle-shaped, retractable, 3.5-inch (9 cm) claw on each foot (located on each second toe).
When was the Ankylosaurus discovered?
1906
A team led by American paleontologist Barnum Brown discovered the first Ankylosaurus fossil — which included the top of a skull, vertebrae, ribs, a shoulder girdle piece and armor — in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana in 1906.
Who came up with the name Tyrannosaurus rex?
In 1905 when it was fully excavated (all 10\% of it), Barnum transported the specimen to Osborn, the paleontology curator at the AMNH. There, Osborn studied and described it. He named it Tyrannosaurus rex (Tyrant Lizard King).
Who discovered the velociraptor?
Peter Kaisen
The first Velociraptor fossil was discovered by Peter Kaisen on the first American Museum of Natural History expedition to the Outer Mongolian Gobi Desert in August 1923. The fossil consisted of a skull that was crushed but complete and a toe claw.
Of course, it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without surprises from relatives — and turkeys certainly have surprising relatives: meat-eating theropod dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex. In fact, Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of the dinosaurs, and living turkeys shared a common ancestor about 190 million years ago.