Cool place to visit, just don’t take these models to seriously.Īctually a Tarbosaurus, but still gets my point across.
Ah the nostalgia.įrom Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glenn Rose, Texas. So naturally, Tyrannosaurus was portrayed the same way.Ī classic Tyrannosaurus museum mount. The above image, painted by Charles Knight in the 1930’s, remained the quintessential look for the dinosaur all the way up to the 80’s! For the most part (with the above image being one of the few aversions!) two legged dinosaurs were portrayed as walking upright with their tail dragging on the ground. It wasn’t until later when scientists got a better idea of how the dinosaur looked that we got a much better image of Tyrannosaurus. We only the bottom part of the skull at first, leaving some of the earlier reconstructions looking a bit frog faced. When Tyrannosaurus was first discovered, there wasn’t enough fossil remains to paint a complete picture of the dinosaur. Today, we’ll look at the history of this famous beast and recount how this creature was portrayed from the start of the 20th century to the modern day. So many people have their own idea of what this monster looked like and how it behaved. We’ve known about this dinosaur for more than a century, and it has remained a pervasive part of dinosaur pop culture. rex is, but not everyone has an up to date knowledge of how it may have actually looked. rex is perhaps the most famous dinosaur in existence. Just the name is enough to give you shivers. New to the blog? Start on the introduction.) All copyrighted images belong to their respective owners and are used for review.