Fossil Dinosaur Tyrannosaurus Rex T Rex Leg pc Trabecular South Dakota COA 4902
A Certificate of Authenticity from us at Pioneer Fossils will accompany this item. This specimen is not "like" a T Rex or "African T Rex". Nor is it merely in the Tyrannosaur family like Albertosaurus or Daspletosaurus. It is the real thing. Here is an extremely nice piece of bone from a T Rex leg.
Was found in the Hell Creek Formation, near Newell, South Dakota, north of Sturgis. The cool thing about this piece is all the trabecular pattern in it. T Rex had a system of holes in their legs, filled in with lightweight spongy stuff. Called Trabecular pattern, this allowed the legs to weigh less and still be just as strong. This let the T Rex run faster than otherwise.
Some other dinosaurs had trabecular, but Tyrannosaurus rex had the most. This specimen is just loaded with Trabecular pattern.
The specimen measures about 2.07 inches on the caliper, and it weighs 2.2 oz. 66 to 68 million years ago. The last great Age of the Dinosaur. Tyrannosaurus Rex was king of the predators in the Hell Creek Formation. The name Tyrannosaurus means "Tyrant Lizard" in Greek, and Rex means "King" in Latin.
It could grow to 40 feet, and had the strongest bite of any land animal ever. We are happy to enclose a COA (Certificate of Authenticity). Some words of caution about COA's: Do not let them become a substitute for learning about the specimens. We have been working with fossils and minerals for many years, and we have seen hundreds of very nice-looking COA's, some that are wrong, mis-describing a specimen.
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