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Re: T. rex skeletons
jamolnar@juno.com wrote:
>
> How many individual remains of T. rex are there currently known? The
> last tally I have is 15, with the 15th partial skeleton coming from
> Saskatchewan in 1994. Are there any more? Thanks!
>
Judy, this is some research I did for a piece in Highlights for
Children. There may be one or two more recent finds as well, but I hope
it's helpful.
*kel
Catalog of Tyrannosaurus rex Discoveries
Year Dig Locale Museum or Repository Percentage
found
1850's Montana unknown trace (teeth & jaw)
1900 Wyoming British Museum, London 13%
1902 Montana Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh 50%
1908 Montana American Museum of NH 45%
1946 Alberta Royal Tyrrell, Canada 20%
1966 Montana Los Angeles County Museum 25%
1966 Montana Los Angeles County Museum 12%
1967 Montana Museum of the Rockies 40% of skull only
1980 S. Dakota School of Mines 25%
1981 Alberta Royal Tyrrell, Canada 25%
1981 Montana Museum of the Rockies 15%
1983 New Mexico New Mexico Museum of NH unknown
1988 Montana Museum of the Rockies 80%
1990 S. Dakota BHI / Federal Government 95%
1992 S. Dakota Black Hills Institute 65%
1992 S. Dakota Private Collector/Kansas unknown
1993 N. Dakota Bowman College 10% (or less)
1993 N. Dakota Dakota Dinosaur Museum 10%
1993 S. Dakota Black Hills Institute 25%
1993 Colorado Denver Museum of N.H. 10%
1994 Saskatchewan Royal Saskatchewan Museum 50% +
1994 Montana University of Wisconsin 30%
1994 S. Dakota Black Hills Institute unknown