Dinosaur time gap

Did T. rex and mammoths live at the same time?

No. Tyrannosaurus (Late Cretaceous) and Mammuthus (Pleistocene) are separated by 66 million years.

Mammuthus to you: 0.0117 million years.

More time separated them than separates Mammuthus from you.

Tyrannosaurus

Late Cretaceous · 72–66 million years ago

Named by Osborn, 1905

Fossils from United States, Canada, Russia, 2 more

Silhouette by Fred Wierum

Mammuthus

Pleistocene · 0.129 million years ago until about 11,700 years ago

Named by Brookes, 1828

Fossils from United States, Mexico, Italy, 39 more

Mammuthus is not a dinosaur.

Silhouette by Amy Beauvois

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Between T. rex and mammoths

Fun Facts

  • Mammuthus has been found in 42 countries.
  • Mammuthus is not a dinosaur.
  • Tyrannosaurus is known from 87 fossil sites.
  • Lambeosaurus and Tyrannosaurus could have met.
  • Mammuthus is known from 685 fossil sites.
  • Mammuthus spans 0.1 million years of rock.

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