When we think of the world's greatest prehistoric predators, a few terrifying giants tend to steal the spotlight, ...

A smaller cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex, called Allosaurus, may have fed on its prey in a fashion similar to modern-day falcons, a new study finds.

Unlike T. rex, Allosaurus tugged away at prehistoric prey like a falcon. ... Tyrannosaurus rex, lacked some of that grace. "T. rex was like a gorilla with an ice pick," Snively said.

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The research looked at Tyrannosaurus rex, a large-sized meat-eating theropod with a massively built skull and up to 15cm long teeth; Allosaurus fragilis, a more lightly built but predatory and ...

Lautenschlager said allosaurus and T. rex most likely used their maximum jaw gape only rarely, “probably only in cases when large prey had to be captured.” Their optimal gape angle was 28 degrees.

Allosaurus were large bipedal dinosaurs in the theropod group, which also included Tyrannosaurus rex. Indeed, Allosaurus bore some superficial resemblance to T. rex: Allosaurus were the largest ...

The research looked at Tyrannosaurus rex, a large-sized meat-eating theropod with a massively built skull and up to 15cm long teeth; Allosaurus fragilis, a more lightly built but predatory and ...

A smaller cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex, called Allosaurus, may have fed on its prey in a fashion similar to modern-day falcons, a new study finds. What was the fastest dinosaur? T. rex may have ...