The Tyrant Lizard Kings of Montana

Despite those stumpy little arms the Tyrannosaurus rex (tyrant lizard king) must have been an awesome beast when roaming the earth some 65 million years ago. Even today when you come face to face with all those huge teeth its hard not to think about the damage this thing could have unleashed on its dinosaur prey including…

Tyrannosaurus Rex the “Tyrant Lizard King”

The Tyrannosaurus Rex ruled the forested valleys of North America around 65-70 million years ago (until the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction which coincided with the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid which left a 180 kilometre / 111 mile wide crater that was discovered beneath the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico during the 1970’s). In Greek Tyrannosaurus means “Tyrant Lizard” and Rex means “King“. Although…