World's Largest Dinosaur

The "World's Largest Dinosaur" is the name of a model Tyrannosaurus rex located in the town of Drumheller in the Canadian province of Alberta. Built of fiberglass and steel, it has a height of 26.3 metres (86 ft) and a length of 46 metres (151 ft),[1] considerably larger than the largest known specimens of the actual dinosaur which reached up to 12.8 m (42 ft) in length,[2] and up to 4 m (13 ft) tall at the hips.[3]

This article is about the tourist attraction. For the large prehistoric animals, see dinosaur size.
World's Largest Dinosaur

Drumheller is a town in the Badlands of east-central Alberta, on the Red Deer River, located 135 kilometres (84 mi) northeast of Calgary. Drumheller is home to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. Various smaller dinosaur models are placed throughout the town.[4] The dinosaur was built while former mayor Phil Bryant was in his term.

The sculpture weights 145,000 lb (64.73 long tons; 72.50 short tons), 65,000 lb (29.02 long tons; 32.50 short tons) of which is steel. It has 106 stairs and the viewing area in the mouth is approximately 60 sq ft (5.6 m2) and can hold between 8 and 12 people at a time.[5]

  • Drumheller T-Rex
  • View from the mouth across Drumheller

See also

References
  1. Travel Alberta (2007). "Unusual Attractions in Alberta". Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  2. Brochu, C. R. (2003). "Osteology of Tyrannosaurus rex: insights from a nearly complete skeleton and high-resolution computed tomographic analysis of the skull". Memoirs of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. 7. pp. 1–138.
  3. "Sue's vital statistics". Sue at the Field Museum. Field Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
  4. Big Things (August 2004). "Big things in Alberta". Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  5. fact sheet available at the Drumheller Information Center

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