Re: dino numeracy

[Mikiel <Mikiel@ASU.Edu>]

On Thu, 11 May 1995, James Shields wrote:

> >As a result of following the list, I have learned that the total number 
> >of T-Rex remains (remnants of individual Rexxes) is about 16? Is that 
> >correct?
> 
> According to "The Complete T. Rex" by John Horner and Don Lessem, there are
> eleven. The UK edition of this book was published in 1993 (the US edition
> would probably have been about a year earlier). I somehow doubt there have
> been five new discoveries since then.
> 
> 1.      Discovered in 1900 by Barnum Brown in Wyoming.
> 2.      Found in 1902 by Barnum Brown in Montana.
> 3.      1907 by Barnum Brown in Montana.
> 4.      1966 by Harley Garbani in Montana.
> 5.      1980 by Phil Bjork in South Dakota.
> 6.      1981, but originally located by Charles Sternberg in Alberta in 1946.
> 7.      "Black Beauty", found in 1981 by high school students in Alberta.
> 8.      1981, Mick Hager, Montana.
> 9.      1987-92, Stan Sacrison/Pete Larson, South Dakota.
> 10.     1988, Kathy Wankel, Montana.
> 11.     "Sue", 1990, Susan Hendrickson, South Dakota.
> 
> It could be that there are other "bits and pieces" which bring this list up
> to sixteen or more. Does anyone have more recent information?
> 
        There's also a T. rex nicknamed "Duffy".  It was found in 1993 by
Stan Sacrison (also discoverer of "Stan" (see number 9 above).  "Duffy" is
named after Patrick Duffy, who did legal work for the Black Hills 
Institute to "free Sue."  (All this might make for an interesting 
movie. :-)  Last I heard (which was 1993), Duffy had not yet been 
completely located.  They had only 20% of the post-cranial skeleton and 
10% of the skull.  "Strata shifts" had moved the material somewhat, so 
they did expect to recover unarticulated (disarticulated?) bits of the 
animal in the vicinity.  Recovered skull parts included large teeth 
complete with roots, so they hoped to find the main part of the skull 
nearby.  Postcranial material recovered: some dorsal vertebra, some 
ribs, 5 caudal vertebra.

        Anyone know of any others?

-Mikiel