Tyrannosaurus rex XXL - Fossil skeleton - 45 cm (No reserve price)
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Natural, detailed replica Tyrannosaurus rex XXL skeleton, 45 cm long, from the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota, USA, dating to Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 million years ago), includes base and stand.
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A highly detailed replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton.
Class: Carnivore
Fossil dimensions: length 45 cm. Height 17 cm.
Sue Hendrickson, an amateur paleontologist, discovered the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus skeleton (about 85%) in the Hell Creek Formation on August 12, 1990.
It includes the base and the stand.
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Well packaged and insured, with tracking
Tyranno (named), fierce and relentless like all top predators on the food chain. And even very intelligent. A study changes the image that novels and films have often given of Tyrannosaurus rex, which 65 million years ago had no rivals among carnivores.
Now some researchers say that the T-rex’s cerebral cortex had a neuron density comparable to that of a baboon, and this would have allowed it to live up to 40 years, learn to use tools, and pass on its knowledge to its offspring.
This is stated by a controversial study by neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel of Vanderbilt University (USA), who reached this estimate by evaluating the brains of modern birds (dinosaur descendants) and relating them to the skull size of the tyrannosaur.
A highly detailed replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton.
Class: Carnivore
Fossil dimensions: length 45 cm. Height 17 cm.
Sue Hendrickson, an amateur paleontologist, discovered the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus skeleton (about 85%) in the Hell Creek Formation on August 12, 1990.
It includes the base and the stand.
SHIPPING GUARANTEE:
Well packaged and insured, with tracking
Tyranno (named), fierce and relentless like all top predators on the food chain. And even very intelligent. A study changes the image that novels and films have often given of Tyrannosaurus rex, which 65 million years ago had no rivals among carnivores.
Now some researchers say that the T-rex’s cerebral cortex had a neuron density comparable to that of a baboon, and this would have allowed it to live up to 40 years, learn to use tools, and pass on its knowledge to its offspring.
This is stated by a controversial study by neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel of Vanderbilt University (USA), who reached this estimate by evaluating the brains of modern birds (dinosaur descendants) and relating them to the skull size of the tyrannosaur.
Details
Specimen
Tyrannosaurus rex XXL
Country of origin
South Dakota, USA (Hell Creek Formation)
Geological period
Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)
Condition
Natural
Width
45 cm
Authenticity
Reproduction/replica
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