THE GIANT CARNIVOROUS DINOSAUR TYRANNOSAURUS 
"The skeleton is forty-seven feet in length, and stands nineteen feet in height from the floor. The 
gigantic head, sharp teeth and claws all show the carnivorous adaptations and habits of the animal 
It can safely be said that Tyrannosaurus, which lived three millions of years ago, is the largest 
terrestrial flesh-eater of all ages. The skeleton is intended to form part of a group representing two 
‘Tyrannosaurs quarreling over the carcass of a Trachodon or duckbilled dinosaur. When the new west 
wing is built the Tyrannosaur group will be the central exhibit of the Cretaceous dinosaur hall. Owing 
to lack of space, only one skeleton can be mounted at present and this has to be placed temporarily in 
the Quaternary hall on the fourth floor 
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