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Tyrannosaur Facts |
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Name |
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Tyrannosaurus rex |
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Name Pronunciation |
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ty-RAN-o-sawr-us |
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Name Translation |
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Tyrannosaurus rex, literally means "Tyrant lizard king" |
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Family Tree |
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INFRAORDER Carnosauria |
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SUBORDER Theropoda |
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ORDER Coelurosauria |
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FAMILY Tyrannosauridae |
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Species Described |
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T. amplus Marsh, 1892 |
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Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 (type) |
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T. bataar Maleev, 1955 |
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T. lanpingensis Yeh, 1975 |
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T. turpanensis Zhai, Zheng, et Tong, 1978 |
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T. luanchuanensis Dong, 1979 |
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T. giganteus Harlan, 1990 (nomen nudum) |
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T. stanwinstonorum Pickering, 1995 (nomen nudum) |
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Length |
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39 - 46 feet (12 - 15 meters) |
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Height |
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16 - 18 feet (5 - 6 meters) |
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Weight |
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5 - 7 tons |
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Speed |
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20 - 30 miles per hour (32 - 48 kph) |
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Jaw |
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4 - 5 feet long (1.2 - 1.5 meters) |
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Teeth |
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6 - 8 inches (16 - 20 centimeters) |
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Range |
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USA (Montana, New Mexico, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Wyoming, Texas) |
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Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan) |
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Time |
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Campanian - Maastrichtian of the late Cretaceous (65-83 million years ago) |
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Discovery Area |
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Hell Creek Beds of Dawson County, Montana |
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Discoverer |
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Barnum Brown - 1902 |
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Named By |
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Henry Fairfield Osborn - 1905 |
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Most Complete Specimen |
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"Sue" - 90% complete skeleton found in 1990 by Sue Hendrickson |
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Most Expensive Specimen |
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"Sue" - Sold for 7.62 million dollars in 1997 at Sotheby's Auction |
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Interesting Error |
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U.S. 1989 prehistoric animal issue missing black color (pg 10) |
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Paleontology Checklist |
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In developing this exhibit, postage stamps depicting prehistoric animals and the subject of paleontology in general were collected. With the stamps, a wealth of information developed into a checklist. This checklist in pdf format (44kb) provides an overview of the issues until 1989. Please feel free to download it for your personal collecting use. Commercial use of this checklist in any format, printed or electronic, is prohibited without the express written permission of the author, Fran Adams. |
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Bibliography |
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Baldwin and Halstead, 1991, Dinosaur Stamps of the World |
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Ball, G., 1980, Bio-Philately; Volumes 29 to 49 |
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Baumbach, Manfred, 2001, Glückauf; Number 83 |
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Carroll, R.L., 1988, Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution |
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Lambert, D., 1990, The Dinosaur Data Book |
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Norman, D., 1985, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs |
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Olshevsky, G., 1999, Dinosaurs by Continent |
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Schwaneberger Verl., 1988, Michel Briefmarken Katalogen; Worldwide |
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Scott Publishing Co., 1989, Scott Postage Stamp Catalog; Volumes. 1-4 |
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van Soeren, J., 1975, Geologie; Numbers 1 to 94 |
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van Soeren, J., 1983, Fossilien und Saurier in der Philatelie, 2nd edition |
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van Soeren, J., 1986, Fossilien und Saurier in der Philatelie, Nachtrag 1 |
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Waller, L., 1977, Nature's Wonders, Volumes 1 to 16 |
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Weishampel, Dodson and Osmolska, 1990, The Dinosauria |
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