What was the habitat of the Tyrannosaurus rex?

Most people reflexively assume that the North American Tyrannosaurus Rex--at 40 feet from head to tail and seven to nine tons--was the biggest carnivorous dinosaur that ever lived, The fact is, though, that T. Rex was outclassed by not one, but two, dinosaurs--the South American Giganotosaurus, which weighed about nine tons, and the northern African Spinosaurus, which tipped the scales at 10 tons. read more

Aside from being one of the largest of the known carnivorous dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex — T. rex, for short — is the dinosaur that has arguably received the most media exposure. It had a starring role in the "Jurassic Park" movies and has a renowned exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. read more

Tyrannosaurs Rex Dinosaur Habitat Up until recently, it was thought that the dinosaur T. Rex lived only in North America and Asia. Scientists have recently discovered a hip bone belonging to an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex. They found it at Dinosaur Cove in Victoria, Australia. read more