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Tyrannosaurus
BUENA
OCT
1989
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Balke)
FL
VISTA,
LAKE
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TYRANNOSAURUS
First Day of Issue: October 1, 1989
First Issue Location: Lake Buena Vista, Florida
The largest flesh-eating animal that ever lived, the dino-
saur tyrannosaurus was a forty-five foot long terror that
preyed on its lumbering, plant-eating cousins. Tyranno-
saurus stood almost twenty feet high, and had a four-foot
head whose mouth was armed with six-inch long, dagger-
like teeth. It had ridiculously small front legs, useless
except perhaps for grabbing things at close range. Its
lengthy tail served as a counterbalance to its great body.
Tyrannosaurus was very muscular, especially in the
mouth region, where it had massive muscles for biting
and chewing. It also had powerful rear legs for support
and mobility. Even in its own time, tyrannosaurus was
most likely a rare animal, with only one of these monsters
stalking every hundred square miles. These creatures
survived until late in the Cretaceous period of the Meso-
zoic era, about sixty-five million years ago, when for
reasons still unknown the dinosaurs vanished.
No. 89-26
©1989 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Don Balke
