The skeleton of a pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex will be presented for the first time as a museum exhibit at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand, on 2 December 2022. informs Daily mail.
The dinosaur lived in the Montana region of the United States about 66 million years ago. Paleontologists named Tyrannosaurus Rex Barbara. Barbara is just one of three pregnant tyrannosaur fossils ever found. This is one of the best preserved skeletons: the animal’s largest bones, including the head and jaws, are in excellent condition.
For example, the foot bone shows signs of a tendon injury that, according to paleontologists, caused the dinosaur to limp while walking. This prevented the tyrannosaurus from hunting, so the female was probably a scavenger for a while. The skeleton shows a protruding abdomen containing eggs before the dinosaur’s death.
Barbara will be featured alongside another major award-winning T-Rex Peter. This will be the first time in history that an adult male and female of this species have been shown together. Barbara was reportedly donated to the museum by the same unnamed person who gave Peter.
Tyrannosaurus rex is a carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period and is one of the most famous dinosaurs in popular culture. Like other members of the family, Tyrannosaurus was a bipedal predator with a massive skull balanced by a long, heavy, stiff tail. In total, more than 50 skeletons were identified, some of which were almost completely preserved.