Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the most ferocious predators to ever walk the Earth. With a massive body, sharp teeth, and jaws so powerful they could crush a car, this famous carnivore dominated the ...
But there were many other predators earning a living in various ways, including - as new fossils show - the oldest-known birds of prey. Researchers have discovered in Montana the remains of two ...
It wasn't just adult T. rexes that devoured babies. Younger tyrannosaurs, in particular, likely targeted smaller prey, from lizards and crocodilians to other juvenile dinosaurs. "Juvenile ...
Anatomical evidence suggests these two carnivorous dinosaurs used very different methods to bring down their prey. Thick and banana-shaped, the sharp teeth of Tyrannosaurus would've excelled at ...
and palaeontologists have been arguing for years about how fast it could run because this would tell us something about its hunting style and the way it caught its prey,'' said Prof William Sellers.
has described the T-rex as less like a lion and more like a hyena – a creature that fed on creatures large and small, both carrion and fresh-killed prey. Horner has also advanced the theory that ...
They probably pounced on large prey, "biting through bone and scraping off flesh," he told BBC News. But, Dr Zelenitsky, added, "these smaller, immature tyrannosaurs were probably not ready to ...
Have you ever wondered what and how the Tyrannosaurus rex ate? Scientists can learn a lot about its diet by studying its poop (see graphic). Pieces of bones found in fossilised dinosaur poop at a ...
rex hunted during the Late Cretaceous period and was fast enough to catch prey, even large herbivorous dinosaurs. Its size, speed and powerful bite make it an unstoppable force in the list of the ...
He added that funneling the T rex's 7.1 tons of bite force "through ... rex's skull handled prey in a similar way to a hyena's, could shed some light on the debate. "Hyenas, we know, are both ...