“What do you call a dinosaur that wears a cowboy hat and boots? “/“Tyrannosaurus Tex.”

The dinosaur Tyrannosaurus Rex has nothing special to do with Texas, but the name “Tyrannosaurus Tex” appears in riddles.
 
“What do you call a dinosaur cowboy? ‘Tyrannosaurus Tex’” was printed in The Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) on November 11, 1979. “What’s a cowboy dinosaur called? A Tyrannosaurus Tex!” was printed in the Birmingham (UK) Evening Mail on May 16, 1998. “Q: What do you call a Tyrannosaurus rex when it wears a cowboy hat and boots? A: Tyrannosaurus tex!” was printed in the Statesman Journal (Salem, OR) on January 9, 1999. “What do you call a dinosaur that wears a cowboy hat and boots? Tyrannosaurus Tex” was posted on X/Twitter by ❤️ FizzyDuck ❤️ on April 8, 2009.
 
 
Wikipedia: Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus (/tɪˌrænəˈsɔːrəs, taɪ-/) is a genus of large theropod dinosaur. The type species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning ‘king’ in Latin), often shortened to T. rex or colloquially t-rex, is one of the best represented theropods. It lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia. Tyrannosaurus had a much wider range than other tyrannosaurids. Fossils are found in a variety of geological formations dating to the late Maastrichtian age of the late Cretaceous period, 69 to 66 million years ago, with isolated specimens possibly indicating an earlier origin in the middle Campanian age.
     
Newspapers.com
11 November 1979, The Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA), pg. E-7, col. 2:
What do you call a dinosaur cowboy? “Tyrannosaurus Tex.”
 
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16 May 1998, Birmingham (UK) Evening Mail, “Dino Jokes,” pg. 20, col. 1:
What’s a cowboy dinosaur called?
A Tyrannosaurus Tex!
 
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9 January 1999, Statesman Journal (Salem, OR), “Kids Connection: Try these prehistoric jokes on your friends,” pg. 1D, col. 3:
Q: What do you call a Tyrannosaurus rex when it wears a cowboy hat and boots?
A: Tyrannosaurus tex!
 
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28 May 2000, Houston (TX) Chronicle, “T. Rex Rules—Texas Connections,” pg. 13F, col. 1:
What do you call a dinosaur that wear cowboy boots and a 10-gallon hat?
Tyrannosaurus Tex.
 
X/Twitter
❤️ FizzyDuck ❤️
@FizzyDuck
What do you call a dinosaur that wears a cowboy hat and boots? Tyrannosaurus Tex.
4:36 PM · Apr 8, 2009
 
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Gregg Brettschneider
@supertweeting
What do you call a dinosaur that wears a cowboy hat and boots?Tyrannosaurus Tex.
11:40 AM · Apr 15, 2009
 
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Daily Groaner
@DailyGroaner
Q: What do you call a dinosaur in cowboy boots? A: Tyrannosaurus Tex! #jokes #humor #funny
10:47 AM · Feb 17, 2012
 
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Puns AndOneliners
@punsandoneliner
What do you call a dinosaur that wears a cowboy hat and boots? Tyrannosaurus Tex.
http://markhaggan.com/randomness/dinosaur-jokes/
#Dinosaur #joke #humour #DinosaurJokes http://markhaggan.com/randomness/dinosaur-jokes/
1:00 PM · May 27, 2018
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
kevindavis338—October 16, 2022
What do you call a dinosaur wearing a cowboy hat and boots?
Tyrannosaurus Tex!
 
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Bubbles
@NoddaWhale
What do you call a dinosaur with a cowboy hat and boots on?
Tyrannosaurus Tex!!!!
5:35 PM · Jan 22, 2023
 
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A 🦖Dino 🦖Named 🦖Nikole
@Nikole_Dino
What do you call a dinosaur wearing a cowboy hat and boots?
Tyrannosaurus Tex!
11:55 AM · Mar 2, 2023
 
LaffGaff
Cowboy Dinosaur
by LaffGaff
What do you call a dinosaur that wears a cowboy hat and boots?
Tyrannosaurus Tex.