Scientists reveal the world's first ever complete T-rex skeleton | Daily Mail Online
First complete T-rex skeleton locked in a fight to the death with a Triceratops is finally revealed to the public after being buried for 67 million years in Montana
- The 'Duelling Dinosaurs' were found in 2006 in Montana, US by a cattle rancher cowboy and two of his friends
- 67 million-year-old remains of T-rex and Triceratops reveal a ferocious battle to the death that's frozen in time
- Following a protracted legal battle over ownership the remains have been sold to the North Carolina Museum.
The world's first ever complete T-rex skeleton, which became buried in sediment after a deadly duel with a Triceratops 67 million years ago, has been revealed by scientists.
The Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops horridus – nicknamed the 'Dueling Dinosaurs' – are preserved together in what is thought to be a predator-prey encounter, where both fought to the death.
Body outlines, skin impressions and injuries – including Tyrannosaur teeth stuck in the Triceratops' body – can still be seen 67 million years after the ferocious battle.
Each of the remains have only been seen by only a few dozen people since they were discovered in 2006 in Montana, US, by professional fossil hunters.
It took years to extract the 14-ton skeletons and arrange their purchase, by the non-profit Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences for an undisclosed sum.
The group has donated them to North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, in Raleigh, North Carolina, which is due to start building a dedicated exhibition for them next year.
