University of Alberta discovers world’s biggest Tyrannosaurus rex Mar 25, 2019 5:45 AM

EDMONTON- Paleontologists at the University of Alberta say they have discovered the world’s biggest and oldest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton.

Named for a bottle of scotch that was shared the night it was discovered, “Scotty” is also the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada.

The meat-eater, which has a skeleton that is 13 meters long, weighed more than 8,800 kilograms when it roamed prehistoric Saskatchewan roughly 66 million years ago.

That’s about 400 kilograms heavier than its heaviest counterparts.