Object Details
- Discipline
- Paleobiology
- Region
- US High Plains and Rocky Mountains (ID, MT, ND, SD, WY, CO)
- Description
- This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
- Geologic Age
- Mesozoic - Cretaceous - Upper/Late - Maastrichtian
- This is a 3D print of the National Tyrannosaurus rex right forelimb, left forelimb, femur, and the furcula. It is a cast made of plastic PLA filament and a coat of resin. It is painted brown to replicate the fossilized dinosaur. There are two sets of the 3D printed bones. The femur prints measure around 20 cm x 6 cm x 4 cm in size. Each set of forelimbs measure roughly around 19 cm x 14 cm x 1.5 cm in size. The furcula, or wishbone, prints measure around 3.3 cm x 1.7 cm x 0.4 cm in size.
- Number of objects in this record
- 2
- Record Last Modified
- 23 Jan 2024
- Stratigraphy
- Hell Creek Fm
- Collection Date
- 1989
- USNM Number
- EO404751
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Is this real?
- No, it's a cast.
- Collecting Locality
- Hell Creek area, Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, North America, United States, Montana, McCone County
- Scientific Name
- Tyrannosaurus rex
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Sauropsida, Reptilia, Archosauria, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_15020973
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3617fa0f9-b194-497a-9a70-02ac49d8376e
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