The skeleton of Montana's T. rex includes a relatively complete skull with jaws, multiple vertebrae of the back and tail, a well preserved gastralium, and hipbone with complete ischium and pubis. The left hindleg is relatively complete with a 1.2-meter-long (3.9 ft) …

Six years later, Brown discovered a nearly complete T. rex skeleton at Big Dry Creek, Montana. The rock around it was blasted away with dynamite to reveal a “magnificent specimen” with a “perfect” skull. This skeleton, AMNH 5027, is on view in …

(The longest known T. rex skull is “ Maximus,” an exceptional specimen spanning 2 meters [6.6 feet] long). The skull bones of large specimens are often several centimeters thick and are strongly braced to each other, which suggests a resistance to the forces of biting, both inflicted upon and received from other tyrannosaurs.

Aug 19, 2016 · Over the next year, a group from the Burke Museum excavated the bones of the ancient creature. The team recovered a complete skull along with vertebrae, ribs, hips and the lower jaw bone, about...

Aug 19, 2016 · Tyrannosaurus rex fossils are uncommon finds, and even more so are well-preserved skulls. The UW and Burke team said their find marks just the 15th fairly complete skull in the world. The...

Oct 16, 2018 · The Burke Museum’s paleontology team continues to make exciting progress preparing the "Tufts-Love" T. rex skull—one of around 15 Tyrannosaurus rex skulls known to exist in the world. The team has now found 100% of the dinosaur’s skull and jaw bones by bone count.

Oct 27, 2017 · We're making great progress on exposing the T. rex skull! In the months since we lowered the massive skull into its custom “Rex Rack,” it has gone from being almost fully-encased in sandstone to showing off these incredibly well-preserved teeth…

T. rex has a huge skull with large, impact resistant teeth. The jaws had the strongest bite force of any land animal ever. Paleontologists argue these overly strong jaws and solid teeth would be ideal for capturing and holding struggling prey, even a large hadrosaur or triceratops.

Aug 17, 2016 · The skull of a T. rex discovered by Burke Museum paleontologists. The skull is preserved upside-down in the rock—a black tooth from the upper jaw can be seen protruding from the rock in the center of the photo.

Aug 23, 2016 · A rare Tyrannosaurus rex skull has been discovered by a team of paleontologists and volunteers in northern Montana. It’s one of only 15 reasonably complete known skulls of the tyrant lizard...