Tag: Rex

Rex is a major recurring character from the ITV science fiction cult series Primeval.
Coelurosauravus are roughly iguana-sized lizard-like diapsid reptiles native to the Permian period. It has specialized wing-like structures allowing it to glide. These were rod-like structures with skin stretched over them; this feature is unique to this genus. The average length of the specimens were 30 cm (although Rex is portrayed as roughly twice this size) and the body was long and flat, suitable for its gliding nature.
Rex is the first creature seen in the series. He is discovered in the Forest of Dean by a young boy, Ben, who contacts the zoo where Abby Maitland is working. When she arrives at the boy’s home he suggests he may be the modern gliding lizard Draco volans, but Abby discredits this theory, saying the child may have discovered a new species.
The two journey into the Forest of Dean to see if they can find out more about Rex where they discover a dead cow lodged in a tree. When Rex…