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TYRANNOSAURUS REX FEMUR
Tyrannosaurus rex
Late Cretaceous, circa 67 million years
Hell Creek Formation, Butte Co., South Dakota, USA
Original bone mass: 90 %
94 × 20 × 17 cm (measurements not including stand)
Late Cretaceous, circa 67 million years
Hell Creek Formation, Butte Co., South Dakota, USA
Original bone mass: 90 %
94 × 20 × 17 cm (measurements not including stand)
T. rex is the royal highness of all dinosaurs, and the most iconic dinosaur of them all. Completely enmeshed in contemporary culture and the scientific community, this carnivorous lizard fascinated generations of dinosaur enthusiasts. Although T. rex roamed the earth for two million years, all but an extremely limited number of their skeletons have sadly turned to dust.
In 1902, the first discovery of a T. rex skeleton was made by Barnum Brown of New York’s American Museum of Natural History – an assistant curator whose passion for unearthing fossils earned him the nickname ‘Mr Bones’.
Found in Butte County, South Dakota, this fossil femur comes from the area of the Hell Creek Formation, where the first T. rex fossils were unearthed by Mr Bones. In 1905, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Barnum Brown’s employer and the President of the American Museum of Natural History, said in reference to Brown’s finds:
‘I propose to make this animal the type of the new genus, Tyrannosaurus, in reference to its size, which far exceeds that of any carnivorous land animal hitherto described…This animal is in fact the ne plus ultra of the evolution of the large carnivorous dinosaurs: in brief it is entitled to the royal and high-sounding group name which I have applied to it.’
While its skull and jaws have been extensively researched, its skeleton – and in particular, its pelvis and back legs – have received much less attention. The femur is the strongest and most powerfully built leg bone that connected the hips to the feet of this ferocious predator. The biomechanics of T. rex hind limbs were an evolutionary marvel, keeping its massive body balanced on two legs while standing, running, and hunting.
The specimen presented here is an extremely well-preserved and nearly complete femur of a Tyrannosaurus rex, ‘the King of the Dinosaurs’. Judging from the overall size and degree of bone development of this femur, it can be determined that it belonged to a and fully developed adult female. The beautiful, rich dark brown colour of the bone is consistent with fossils originating from the Hell Creek Formation.
In 1902, the first discovery of a T. rex skeleton was made by Barnum Brown of New York’s American Museum of Natural History – an assistant curator whose passion for unearthing fossils earned him the nickname ‘Mr Bones’.
Found in Butte County, South Dakota, this fossil femur comes from the area of the Hell Creek Formation, where the first T. rex fossils were unearthed by Mr Bones. In 1905, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Barnum Brown’s employer and the President of the American Museum of Natural History, said in reference to Brown’s finds:
‘I propose to make this animal the type of the new genus, Tyrannosaurus, in reference to its size, which far exceeds that of any carnivorous land animal hitherto described…This animal is in fact the ne plus ultra of the evolution of the large carnivorous dinosaurs: in brief it is entitled to the royal and high-sounding group name which I have applied to it.’
While its skull and jaws have been extensively researched, its skeleton – and in particular, its pelvis and back legs – have received much less attention. The femur is the strongest and most powerfully built leg bone that connected the hips to the feet of this ferocious predator. The biomechanics of T. rex hind limbs were an evolutionary marvel, keeping its massive body balanced on two legs while standing, running, and hunting.
The specimen presented here is an extremely well-preserved and nearly complete femur of a Tyrannosaurus rex, ‘the King of the Dinosaurs’. Judging from the overall size and degree of bone development of this femur, it can be determined that it belonged to a and fully developed adult female. The beautiful, rich dark brown colour of the bone is consistent with fossils originating from the Hell Creek Formation.
TYRANNOSAURUS REX FEMUR
CHF 95 000 / 120 000 | (€ 97 940 / 123 710)
以瑞士法郎銷售 CHF 118 750 (包含買家佣金)
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