Tyrannosaurus rex biography examples
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Tyrannosaurus in popular culture
Tyrannosaurus rex is unique among dinosaurs in its place in modern culture; paleontologistRobert Bakker has called it "the most popular dinosaur among people of all ages, all cultures, and all nationalities".[1] Paleontologists Mark Norell and Lowell Dingus have likewise called it "the most famous dinosaur of all times."[2]PaleoartistGregory S. Paul has called it "the theropod. [] This fryst vatten the public's favorite dinosaur [] Even the formations it fryst vatten found in have fantastic names like Hell Creek and Lance."[3] Other paleontologists agree with that and note that whenever a museum erects a new skeleton or bring in an animatronic model, visitor numbers go up. "Jurassic Park and King Kong would not have been the same without it."[4] In the public mind, T. rex sets the standard of what a dinosaur should be.[5] Science writer Riley Black similarly states, "In all of prehistory, there is no anima
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A Rare Find in Montana
In , amateur fossil hunter Kathy Wankel made an unusual and extremely valuable find while on a family camping trip in Montana. A bone sticking out of the ground turned out to be part of the fossilized skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex. The entire skeleton, now known as the Wankel T. rex, was excavated and displayed at the Museum of the Rockies. In it was prepared for its journey to Washington, D.C., where it is on loan to the National Museum of Natural History for the next 50 years. It is one of the most complete skeletons of T. rex ever discovered.
Piecing Together the Evidence
Unlike the Wankel T. rex, most fossil remains of tyrannosaurids and other dinosaurs are fragmentary. For example, analyzing dinosaur remains in Uzbekistan, Dr. Hans Sues had to piece together the evidence. To date, most of the fossils from more than 60 digs are just tyrannosaurid teeth. Rarely, skull bones or bone fragments have been found. Still, Hans Sues was able to fi
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Tyrannosaurus rex behaviour
After studying T. rex for years it is still being debated whether it was primarily a predator or a scavenger. Previously its behaviour has been inferred from its anatomy but this is now seen as inadequate to gain a true picture of the actual life of the animal. Palaeobiologists now use clues in the fossil evidence to try to discover what they were really like in life.
The interactions between T. rex and others of its kind as well as with other species such as the herbivores living in the same environment is being elucidated by studying the skeletons of multiple individuals for bite marks on bones and wear patterns on their teeth. Indications of which animals they ate can be found in their coprolites, i.e. fossilised dung.
An assumption that has been made is that it is possible that species that are closely related may have behaved in similar ways, which allows the finds for T. rex to be corroborated by co