Tyrannosaurus rex
c. 68-66 million years ago · Event
The tyrant lizard king: twelve metres, eight tonnes, a bite that crushed bone and eyes that saw better than a hawk's — the apex predator of the final two million years of the dinosaur age, and the most famous animal that has ever lived. It stood closer in time to you than to Stegosaurus; the asteroid found it at the height of its reign.
On these timelines: The Age of Dinosaurs, Master
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- Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction (66000000 BCE)
- Mesozoic Era (252000000 BCE)
- Paleozoic Era (541000000 BCE)
- Jurassic Period (201000000 BCE)
- Cretaceous Period (145000000 BCE)
- Triassic Period (252000000 BCE)
- Archaeopteryx and the first birds (150000000 BCE)
- Permian Period (299000000 BCE)
Around 68000000 BCE
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- Ankylosaurus (68000000 BCE)