Your Favorite T.rex Specimen

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 8:32 AM

I've been on a bit of a kick lately regarding individual T.rex specimens. So, today I raise a question. Which is your personal favorite? For me, it's the holotype...

Couple of reasons why. One is it's huge! At 11.9 meters long and 7.3 tons when alive, this is one of the biggest T.rex specimens we have. Also, it's the first one we found. Finally, it's MY T.rex. What's that mean? Well, the people of Chicago view Sue as their T.rex(though the residents of Hills City may beg to differ). AMNH 5027 belongs to the people of NYC. Well, since The Carnegie Museum of Natural History is practically in my back yard, I've kind of developed a soft spot for the holotype(specimen number CM 9380).

So, what is your favorite individual T.rex?

(CM 9380 in it's original pose)

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Hiphopananomus

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 8:39 AM

Ohh, that's tough. I don't have any dinosaurs on my "backyard. So i'd say the royal tyrell mount. As that's one of the two I've seen (don't know the name of the other one) and it was just plain scary.

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 8:41 AM

Cool :)

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Lord Vader

MemberTyrannosaurus RexAug-21-2014 8:54 AM

Black Beauty because it's pretty cool and it's Canadian.

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Carnosaur

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 8:54 AM

by far, my favorite has to be Black Beauty.

I mean, just look at it. Amazing in its own right

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:00 AM

Nice :)

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Like a Bossk

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:18 AM

Living in Northern Indiana and being a quick 2.5 hr drive from Chicago, it has to be Sue for me. She is the most famous T-Rex for a reason! I always grew up loving Dino's, but I never got to go to the field museum until I was 18 years old (I haven't always lived in Indiana) and ever since, it has been my favorite museum!

I highly recommend going to any Dino fan, I mean, there's 26,000 sq ft of Dinosaurs there! Sue alone is nearly worth the trip, you can stand there and just stare forever at how amazing a creature T-rex was.

Okay, I'm done haha. I just had to relive my kiddo days for a second.

Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:20 AM

I got plans to see her next summer ;)

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MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:28 AM

Awesome! You will love it! I've seen a lot of Dino collections and, so far, the Field museum has been the best.

Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:34 AM

Cool. I'll also be seeing the Black Hills Institute, Dinosaur National Monument, The Field Museum, and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

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MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:36 AM

That'll be neat. Are you going in to paleontology after high school?

Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:38 AM

I'd love to, but the odds of becoming a professional are very low. I'll keep it as a hobby ;)

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Allotitan

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:38 AM

I guess mine would be AMNH 5027 because it's in the neighborhood. It was planned for an awesome mount, but the I des was scrapped due to the fossil hall not being big enough. Here is a scale model of the planned mount:

To me it would have been beautiful too bad it was too big

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:39 AM

Nice choice :)

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Allotitan

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:40 AM

Thanks:)

When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Tell life I don't want you're damn lemons, and then squeeze them into life's eyes!

Like a Bossk

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:42 AM

I hear ya, I looked into it as well but it just wasn't very practical. It is a fun hobby though, it keeps ya thinking.

Gojira2K

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:50 AM

Mine is Sue.

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 9:54 AM

Cool

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Ultra Predator

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 11:20 AM

Mine would be Sue have seen the replaca and her skeleton

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DinoSteve93

MemberCompsognathusAug-21-2014 11:26 AM

Not really sure...

Sue is the biggest and most famous...

But Black Beauty is so.... black beauty!!! :P

Ugh, can't choose... I'd probably gor for Black Beauty.

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MemberAllosaurusAug-21-2014 2:06 PM

I like Black Beauty and Sue.

(Sue is one of the two tyrannosaurus skeletons I've seen in my life.)

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusAug-22-2014 6:39 AM

Nice :)

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