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Titus is an obsidian black skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in the Hell Creek Formation, Montana, United States in 2014 and excavated in 2018. [1] Titus was on display as the centrepiece of an exhibition at the Nottingham Natural History Museum, England, from July 2021 to August 2022. [2]
In 2012, Naturalis Biodiversity Center at Leiden, the largest natural history museum of the Netherlands, planned to open a new exhibition hall in 2017.In order to increase the structural number of visitors from 300,000 to 400,000 per annum, the management decided to try and procure an authentic Tyrannosaurus skeleton, preferably one excavated by the museum itself.
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.
Montana's T. rex (also known as "Peck's rex", "Peckrex", "Rigby's rex" and Tyrannosaurus "imperator") is the nickname given to a fossil specimen found in Montana in 1997. [54] The discovery was made by Louis E. Tremblay on 4 July 1997 working under the supervision of J. Keith Rigby Jr. who led the excavation and bone preparation.
The Bell et al. 2017 paper notes that the scale-like integument on bird feet were actually secondarily derived feathers according to paleontological and evolutionary developmental evidence so they hypothesize that the scaly skin preserved on some tyrannosaurid specimens might be secondarily derived from filamentous appendages like on Yutyrannus ...
Tyrannasorus rex is known from a single specimen, the holotype. It is most similar to the genera Coilodes and Apalonychus , particularly in its reddish-brown color and slightly rounded shape. Ratcliffe and Ocampo surmised that the specimen is female based on similarities to the female specimens of Apalonychus , extant hybosorids from the West ...
Instead, the T. rex was put on display in the building’s main hall directly in front of the museum’s north entrance, where it would remain for the next 18 years. [40] Sue was unveiled on May 17, 2000, attracting over 10,000 visitors that day. [41] John Gurche, a paleoartist, painted a mural of a Tyrannosaurus for the exhibit. [42]
Tyrannosaurus rex. Late Cretaceous. Hell Creek Formation. Named after the brother of school teacher Robert Curry, who discovered the fossil [210] Thomas the T. rex: Titus [211] Tyrannosaurus rex: Tristan-Otto Natural History Museum, Berlin. Tyrannosaurus rex. Late Cretaceous. Named after Tristan and Otto, the sons of a Danish-born investment ...