Tyrannosaurus

The Tyrannosaurus was a large carnivorous dinosaur with very small forelimbs, large hind legs and a long tail. It is one of the largest land carnivores to have ever walked the earth, measuring about 13 meters long and 5 meters high. Evolutionary scientists, including theistic evolutionists, believe that the T-rex lived at the end of the Cretaceous period, which in their theory was approximately 65 million years ago. However, Young Earth Creationists believe that they went extinct some 6-5,000 years ago, after Noah's Flood when the environment became too hostile for them.

History

The earliest find of a Tyrannosaurus rex occurred in 1892. In 1905, after additional discoveries of fossils, the president of the American Museum for Natural History named the dinosaur. Since then, more than 30 specimens have been found.

In 1990, amateur paleontologist Susan Hendrickson discovered the most complete Tyrannosaurus fossil yet. The fossil, named Sue, is also one of the largest Tyrannosaurus specimen discovered.

Alternate Theories

While it is widely regarded to be a scientific fact that the Tyrannosaurus rex was a real creature, there is an alternate theory amongst some that the Tyrannosaurus rex either did not live, or that they lived at the same time as humans at some point in history. This is worth mentioning because these alternate theories about dinosaurs seem to be held almost exclusively by Young Earth creationists.

On the other hand it has even been suggested by some that there may be some surviving dinosaurs including Tyrannosaurs in unexplored regions of the Earth.