STAN is the largest, most complete, Tyrannosaurus rex, of the male (or gracile) morphotype, ever found. Discovered in what had once been the sandy bank of an ancient stream, the bones of the skeleton and skull were separated and spread over a wide area. Spring floods eventually covered the bones with mud where they remained buried for more than 65 million years. This disarticulation resulted in near perfect preservation of the skull.
STAN T. rex is truly the best T. rex replica available anywhere! Nearly 40 feet long and 12 feet high at the hips. The strong, steel support structure is hidden within the bones, allowing the eye to follow the in-motion appearance of this impressive, crowd-pleasing fossil skeleton replica.
Each STAN T. rex skeleton is constructed according to your creative needs, allowing you to fashion a more dynamic exhibit. Whether you want your skeleton walking, stalking, attacking, running, jumping or looking your visitors right in the eye, we welcome your input, so long as the pose requested is natural and anatomically possible. Constructed modularly with no section more than 6 feet long, this incredible specimen can be assembled by an experienced crew of six in just under an hour!
Go to STAN's Interesting Info page for more indepth info and pictures.
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Age
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Late Cretaceous- Maastrichtian (about 65 MYA)
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Locality
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Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, South Dakota
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Credit
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Stan Sacrison discovered this magnificent specimen in the spring of 1987. In the spring of 1992 the Black Hills Institute staff undertook the excavation. It took more than 30,000 hours to prepare STAN for display.
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Notes
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The original fossil remains in South Dakota where it is proudly displayed at the Black Hills Museum of Natural History, courtesy of BHI.
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Size
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Approx. 40 ft (12.3 m) long
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Extras
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Crate construction and Packing is an additional $5000.00
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Catalog PDF
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BHIGR_STAN-Tyrannosaurus.pdf - 1 MB (requires Adobe Reader 5 or higher)
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Lease Info
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This item is leasable at 10% of listed price per month. See our Lease Program page for more details.
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Price: $100,000.00 |
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