World's Largest Dinosaur

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, has a height of m to ft|25|spell=Commonwealth|precision=0|wiki=yes and a length of m to ft|46|spell=Commonwealth|precision=0|wiki=yes, [Cite web| url= http://www1.travelalberta.com/en-north/index.cfm?pageid=423 | title= Unusual Attractions in Alberta| author= Travel Alberta | year= 2007 | accessdate= 2007-05-30] considerably larger than the largest known specimens of the actual dinosaur which reached up to convert|12.8|m|ft|abbr=on in length,cite conference|last=Brochu|first=C. R.|year=2003|title=Osteology of "Tyrannosaurus rex": insights from a nearly complete skeleton and high-resolution computed tomographic analysis of the skull|booktitle=Memoirs of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=7|pages=1–138] and was up to convert|4|m|ft|abbr=on tall at the hipscite web |url=http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/about_vital.asp |title=Sue's vital statistics |author= |work=Sue at the Field Museum |publisher=Field Museum of Natural History |accessdate=2007-09-15] .

Drumheller is a town in the Badlands of east-central Alberta, on the Red Deer River, located km to mi|135|spell=Commonwealth|precision=0|wiki=yes northeast of Calgary. Drumheller is home to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. Various smaller dinosaur models are placed throughbout the town. [Cite web| url= http://www.bigthings.ca/bigab.html | title= Big things in Alberta| author= Big Things| month= August | year= 2004| accessdate= 2007-05-30]

Some facts about the World's largest dinosaur from the fact sheet available at the Drumheller Information Center:
*The total weight of steel used is convert|65000|lb|ton|2|abbr=on
*The total weight of the entire dinosaur is convert|145000|lb|ton|2|abbr=on
*Height up to the head not including the height of the staging area is convert|82|ft|m|abbr=on
*Total number of stairs: 106
*The statue is approximately 4 times bigger than a life sized T-Rex.
*The viewing area of the mouth is approximately convert|60|sqft|abbr=on and can hold between 8 and 12 people at a time.

ee also

*Giants of the Prairies

References

External links

* [http://www.worldslargestdinosaur.com/ Official website]


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