![]() ![]() Without the ability to hunt prey, Barbara likely either scavenged food or was fed by other members of her T. Scientists believe Barbara suffered a severe foot injury that would have limited her moments. Pathologic study by leading paleontologists indicates the specimen was an adult female that was almost certainly gravid (carrying eggs or young). rex.Ī close up shot of "Barbara" the pregnant T-Rex dinosaur skeleton. The skeleton's excavation was a painstaking process that began with large earth movers, before moving to shovels, trowels, knives and eventually the meticulously delicate work of paintbrushes, which finally uncovered the fossilized T. It will be featured at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, in New Zealand, from Friday, December 2, 2022.īarbara was discovered by Nate Cooper, Clayton and Luke Phipps, Chris Morrow and Katie Busch in the Hell Creek Formation in northeastern Montana, buried in 66-million year-old sediment. The latest skeleton to hit the headlines, which has been named "Barbara", is one of only three pregnant T. rex was found in the Hell Creek area near Jordan in 1902 by paleontologist Barnum Brown. It's also the state where the world's first identified T. Naturalist Ferdinand Hayden is said to have found the remains of what paleontologist Joseph Leidy determined to be a duck-billed dinosaur called "Trachodon." North America's first identified dinosaur remains were found there in 1854 near Judith Landing in the Missouri River Breaks National Monument. Montana has a history of groundbreaking dinosaur discoveries. An extremely rare pregnant Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur skeleton first found in Montana has gone on display, but Americans wanting to check it out for themselves might have quite a journey on their hands.
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