Young Tyrannosaurus Drinking from a Puddle
A young meat-eating dinosaur lowers its huge head for a quiet drink at the edge of a puddle beside a fern.
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A Young Tyrannosaurus Stops for a Drink
The dinosaur fills most of the page, bending forward so that its broad snout touches the rippling water. Its slightly open mouth shows a row of pointed teeth, and a large round eye looks calmly ahead. Folds of skin mark the neck and belly, the short clawed arms are tucked close to the chest, and the strong hind legs end in thick toes with curved claws. A feathery fern grows in the lower left corner, and pebbles line the puddle.
Tyrannosaurus rex, the Tyrant Lizard King
Tyrannosaurus rex lived about 68 to 66 million years ago, at the very end of the Cretaceous period, in what is now western North America. Its name, given by paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905, means tyrant lizard king. Large adults reached about 12 meters (40 feet) in length and weighed roughly 8 metric tons, and their biggest teeth, including the root, were about 30 centimeters (12 inches) long.
The famous small arms were about 1 meter long and ended in two fingers, yet they were muscular. Young tyrannosaurs had slimmer bodies and relatively longer legs than adults, which probably made them faster. Ferns like the one in the picture were already ancient plants in the age of T. rex.
Natural Colors for a Prehistoric Watering Hole
- Dinosaur skin: olive green, brown or dusty gray, with a lighter cream belly and throat
- Eye: amber or golden yellow with a black pupil
- Teeth and claws: off-white, ivory or pale yellow
- Puddle water: muddy blue-gray with lighter ripples
- Fern fronds: deep green with lighter green tips
- Pebbles and mud: tan, sandy beige and warm brown