Scientists reveal the world’s first complete T-Rex skeleton

Scientists have revealed the world’s first complete T-rex skeleton, saying the dinosaur fell to death in a collision with a triceratops.

The 67 million years remains were discovered in Montana, United States, back in 2006, but are reported to to have only been seen by a few dozen people from.

Both the T-rex and the triceratops – nicknamed the ‘Duel Dinosaurs are preserved together in what is thought to be a predator-prey encounter, where everyone fought to the death.

Surprisingly, the outlines of their body, skin imprints and wounds – including the T-rex’s teeth housed in the triceratops’ body – can still be seen.

It took years to extract the 14–tons of skeletons and organize their purchase and sale, but ths week it was announced that they had been purchased by friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences for an unknown sum.

The group donated the remains at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, which is expected to begin building a show in 2021.

To celebrate the announcement, a series of incredible photos were released, with experts describing the find as “one of the most important paleontological discoveries of our time‘, not least because it features the only complete T-rex ever unearthed.

Dr Lindsay Zanno, chief of paleontology to the museum, he said: “We have not yet studied this specimen, it is a scientific frontier.

Conservation is phenomenal and we plan to use every available technological breakthrough to reveal new insights into the biology of T. rex and Triceratops.

“This fossil will forever change our view of the two of the world favorite dinosaurs “.

Dr Eric Dorfman, the museum’s director and CEO, added: “The museum is thrilled to have the unique opportunity to host and research one of the most important paleontological discoveries of our time.

“Not only are we able to uncover unknown details of the anatomy and behavior of these animals, but our new dedicated facility and educational programs will allow us to interact with the public locally, throughout North Carolina and throughout. the world”.

The fossils were found by a breeder, a friend of his and his cousin in 2006, who it was believed they had come tor deal with landowners.

The two dinosaurs then went to auction in 2013 int Bonhams in New York, but no offers reached the reserve price of $ 6 million (£ 4.5 million).

While years of negotiations took place, they were reportedly stalled away in workshops or warehouses.

However, now the non-profit Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences has now purchased them on behalf of the museum, thanks to donors.

The bodies remain buried in the sediments of the Montana hill where they were discoveredand have not yet been studied.

Each bone is in its natural position, and museum scientists will have access to biological data that are usually lost during the excavation and preparation processes.

The construction of the exhibition is duand will begin in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2021.