9A Group 8 TIMELIN

E OF
S P E C I E S T H AT E X I S T E D B E F O R E , B U T A R E N O W
GONE FOREVER

EXTINCTI
TYRANNOSAU
RUS REX
(T-REX)
COMMON NAME: T-REX
SCIENTIFIC
NAME: TYRANNOSAURU
S REX
TYPE: PREHISTORIC
ANIMAL
DIET: CARNIVORE
SIZE: 40 FEET LONG;
ABOUT T-
It is one of the largest
meat-eating dinosaurs
that ever lived.
REX
Everything about this
ferocious predator,
from its thick, heavy
skull to its 4-foot-long
(1.2-meter-long) jaw,
was designed for
maximum bone-
crushing action.
 TIMELINE
OF A T-REX
Proceratosaurus Daspletosaurus
Torosus
Bradleyi

170+ 130 68 Ma
Ma Ma
166 77 Ma
Ma

Basal
Eotyrannus Tyrannosaur
Tyrannoraptora
Lengi us Rex
n
 POSSIBLE
REASONS OF
EXTINCTION:
MASSIVE OUTPOURINGS OF
A METEOR THE SIZE OF A
MOUNTAIN SLAMMED INTO
L AVA CHOKED THE SKIES
EARTH 66 MILLION YEARS
WITH CARBON DIOXIDE
AGO, FILLING THE
AND OTHER GASES WHICH
ATMOSPHERE WITH GAS,
DRAMATICALLY CHANGED
DUST, AND DEBRIS THAT
THE EARTH’S CLIMATE.
DRASTICALLY ALTERED THE
CLIMATE
COOKSONIA

KINGDOM:
PLANTAE
CLADE:
TRACHEOPHYTES
GENUS:
COOKSONIA
COOKSONIA
Cooksonia were
primarily land
plants known to
ABOUT
have existed on
earth about 425
million years ago.
They thrived in the
present regions of
Australia and
Britain. They were
small and lacked
leaves, flowers
and roots. They
only had slender
TIMELINE
OF A
COOKSON
IA
 POSSIBLE
REASON OF
EXTINCTION:
IT WAS REPLACED BY BIGGER AND
BETTER PL ANTS. COOKSONIA WAS
VERY PRIMITIVE AND COULD ONLY
LIVE IN A NARROW SET OF
CONDITIONS. LIKE MANY OTHER
EXTINCT ORGANISMS, IT WAS OUT-
COMPETED BY ORGANISMS THAT
WERE BETTER ADAPTED AND HAD
BETTER METHODS OF SURVIVAL.