WHO: Jane is a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex.
WHEN: Jane lived and died 66 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period.
WHERE: In a lush, warm-temperate floodplain in what is today the arid Badlands of southeastern Montana.
AGE: Jane was 11 years old when she died.
HEIGHT: Jane was about 7.5 feet tall at the hip. (A full-grown T.rex is about 12 feet tall.)
LENGTH: Jane was about 21 feet long. (A full-grown T.rex is about 40 feet long.)
WEIGHT: In life, Jane weighed nearly 1,500 lbs. (T.rex weighed about 11,000 lbs..)
SPEED: Jane’s big feet and long powerful legs indicate she was built for speed and could possibly run as fast as 20-30 miles per hour.
TEETH: Jane’s lower jaw has 17 finely curved, serrated, razor-sharp teeth designed to tear into flesh.
ARMS: Typical for a member of the tyrannosaurid family, Jane’s forelimbs are tiny. Her humerus is about 11 inches long.
DIET: Meat
SEX: Unknown (We refer to Jane as a “she” because of her feminine nickname, not because we have determined her sex) |