TYRANNOSAURUS REX, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA

TYRANNOSAURUS REX
SOUTH DAKOTA, USA
From the Hell Creek Formation, 16 meters below the K-T boundary, Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous (circa 67 million years ago). A male Tyrannosaurus rex, in remarkable state of preservation, showing pathologies such as puncture wounds to jaws and healed break to the neck vertebra; approx. 188 bones mounted on custom frame with additional cast elements. A separate display for the original skull and teeth.
37 x 13 x 6ft. (1128 x 396 x 183cm.)
The successful bidder will be offered a license from the consignor for certain intellectual property rights, however such rights will not include the ability to produce three-dimensional reproductions or to sell related merchandise on-line.

Provenance

Discovered by Stan Sacrison, spring 1987.
Excavated by the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, 14 April to 7 May, 1992.
Additional skeletal remains excavated in 1993 & 2003.
Black Hills Institute of Geological Research.

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