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Reported to potentially be the same individual as the first T. rex specimen ever discovered, now at the Natural History Museum, London. [11] [12] Unidentified Nest with 22 eggs Collected in Guangdong, China in 1984 Bonhams: December 3, 2006: Los Angeles $420,000 $634,784 Sale later cancelled and seized by customs agents. [13] [14] Tarbosaurus ...
A roughly 76-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skull is set to be auctioned off in New York City. The 200-pound fossil could fetch up to $20 million.
In 1966, a crew working for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County under the direction of Harley Garbani discovered another T. rex (LACM 23844) which included most of the skull of a very large, mature animal. When it was put on display in Los Angeles, LACM 23844 was the largest T. rex skull on exhibit anywhere. [17]
Stan Sacrison, an amateur paleontologist, was responsible for the initial discovery of Stan's bone fragments in 1987, and as a result is the namesake for the T. rex.He was out looking at plant life in South Dakota when he spotted Stan's pelvis visible in the side of a cliff. [3]
The skull measures 4 feet long by 3 feet wide, and "sports a mouth full of banana-sized bone-crushing teeth." PPHM acquires cast of T. rex skull, on view during Dino Day this weekend Skip to main ...
According to the American Museum of Natural History, T. rex was 12 feet tall and 40 feet long — the height of an African elephant and double its length. T. rex weighed as much as 15,500 pounds ...
Tyrannosaurus (/ t ɪ ˌ r æ n ə ˈ s ɔː r ə s, t aɪ-/) [a] 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.
This Day In History: 08/12/1990 - Skeleton of T-Rex Discovered On August 12, 1990, Susan Hendrickson -- a fossil hunter -- discovered three huge bones protruding out of a cliff near Faith, South ...