Gareth_ Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Hey all Here in Auckland, we have a special visitor to our museum - Peter the Tyrannosaurus rex. As you'd probably guess, this is not a common sight for New Zealand so I had to check it out! I visited the (very modest) permanent display upstairs too and took some pics for you all to see The pic quality isn't the best, I didn't take my DSLR with me so it was all taken using my aging phone. There isn't much more to say, I'll let the pics do the talking..... 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth_ Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 ....and the rest. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Looks like a very nice museum thanks for the photos. A little background on this Trex since it's not one that has gotten much notoriety. It's from the Lance Formation of Wyoming and the article I read said its 47% complete (60 real bones) so the 7 or 8th most complete found. Looks nice gotta love those black bones.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 24 minutes ago, Gareth_ said: Very nice report and images, Gareth. Do you remember what this poor thing was supposed to be? 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Found this: Full report on find 22MB https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/getmedia/d8621a44-33fa-456f-976d-638fe7dbe3aa/Peter-Scientific-Report-FINAL.pdf Real in red 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I bit more info on this rex, or on not this rex. Last week a friend sent me a reddit post where someone from Aukland posted about this rex, but also posted that they and they and their brother had lived in Wyoming when the thing was being unearthed by ... the Tate Museum!!! In case this reddit thing makes it out into, say this forum, let me state that the redditor (is that the word?) claimed that Peter is the rex that the Tate Museum collected. I stand before you all to prevent this rumor from making it into public knowledge. Peter is NOT the Tate Museum's rex. The redditor may have come to see our being excavated, but ours (named Lee Rex) is still at the Tate Museum in Casper, Wyoming. And will always be here. I am glad NZ has a T rex for folks to enjoy. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 @jpc Unfortunately its social media. The link I attached above goes over the discovery stage and did not see any mention of the Tate. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 The attached link is from the official Aukland Museum info; they are not spreading rumors. I just thought I would mention it in case anyone else runs in to the misinformation that my PR folks found. How they found it beats me, although maybe they do a daily search for "Casper College" to see what comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Oh my! How much is he? I offer $59.99. Seriously though, what awesome skeletons! I'm all for advocating the appreciation of the (arguably superior) invertebrate life, but man, those black bones! Poor Peter with his leg, though, I hope he heals quickly! ~ Isaac; www.isaactfm.com "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!" - Alan Grant Come to the spring that is The Fossil Forum, where the stream of warmth and knowledge never runs dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 2 hours ago, jpc said: I bit more info on this rex, or on not this rex. Last week a friend sent me a reddit post where someone from Aukland posted about this rex, but also posted that they and they and their brother had lived in Wyoming when the thing was being unearthed by ... the Tate Museum!!! In case this reddit thing makes it out into, say this forum, let me state that the redditor (is that the word?) claimed that Peter is the rex that the Tate Museum collected. I stand before you all to prevent this rumor from making it into public knowledge. Peter is NOT the Tate Museum's rex. The redditor may have come to see our being excavated, but ours (named Lee Rex) is still at the Tate Museum in Casper, Wyoming. And will always be here. I am glad NZ has a T rex for folks to enjoy. You, my good friend, are a legend! More T. rexes for the world to enjoy! ~ Isaac; www.isaactfm.com "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!" - Alan Grant Come to the spring that is The Fossil Forum, where the stream of warmth and knowledge never runs dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 5 hours ago, jpc said: Peter is NOT the Tate Museum's rex. So is this a privately held rex specimen then? And, @Gareth_, I just love the local marine reptile specimens! Always great to see this material from different parts of the world, especially parts that, from my perspective, seem so remote! Hard to find reference material anywhere else except for on this forum! Above all those Prognathodon overtoni and Tuarangisaurus keyesi skulls are very cool! So, thanks for sharing! 6 hours ago, JohnJ said: Very nice report and images, Gareth. Do you remember what this poor thing was supposed to be? Ah, come on, John! Cut them some slack down-under! It might not be the best reconstruction, but it's still recognizably some generic sort of mosasaur! 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 41 minutes ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: So is this a privately held rex specimen then? Thats the way it appears. Its great that a private specimen winds up in a museum and got studied Comment in papers " Auckland Museum is the only place to be offered the exhibition by a mystery lender – with Peter named after a member of the lender’s family." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 8 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Ah, come on, John! Cut them some slack down-under! It might not be the best reconstruction, but it's still recognizably some generic sort of mosasaur! They should take it off display and move it into the prep lab as a teaching tool. At least it wouldn't be confused with the other great specimens. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Hi, Great museum ! 16 hours ago, Gareth_ said: What were the "lower" ribs attached to ? 15 hours ago, Gareth_ said: What was this fabulous animal with such teeth sticking out of its jaw ? Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 47 minutes ago, JohnJ said: They should take it off display and move it into the prep lab as a teaching tool. At least it wouldn't be confused with the other great specimens. That's true, though. Where it's now, serving as a public teaching tool, it's sure to give people the wrong impression of how such fossils are supposed to look... 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 29 minutes ago, Coco said: What were the "lower" ribs attached to ? I think there's a metal rod running from the metal pole on the left through to the pubic bones/pubis to which they're attached, quite possibly screwed to it... I guess that's what you meant, right? Rather than the anatomical aspect of it? 31 minutes ago, Coco said: What was this fabulous animal with such teeth sticking out of its jaw ? That's Tuarangisaurus keyesi, an elasmosaurid plesiosaur. It's a replica of "the only adult elasmosaur skull found in New Zealand" (citing the sign with the skull). 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: I guess that's what you meant, right? Rather than the anatomical aspect of it? I meant the anatomical aspect, when the animal was alive Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 17 minutes ago, Coco said: I meant the anatomical aspect, when the animal was alive I suspect muscles and ligaments/tendons, but I'm not quite sure. The Wiki for gastralia mentions that they provide the "attachment sites for abdominal muscles", which seems to suggest they're mostly held in place by muscles. Maybe @Troodon or @jpc knows? 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 @Coco @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Gastralia are considered floating bones and are not connected to the rest of the skeleton A paper was written and if you want additional info download it. Dinosaur gastralia origin morphology and function.pdf 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth_ Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 I'm glad everyone seemed to enjoy pics of a specimen they hadn't seen before! The black bones do add about 10% to the terrifying factor On 6/22/2022 at 9:26 AM, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: And, @Gareth_, I just love the local marine reptile specimens! Always great to see this material from different parts of the world, especially parts that, from my perspective, seem so remote! Hard to find reference material anywhere else except for on this forum! Above all those Prognathodon overtoni and Tuarangisaurus keyesi skulls are very cool! So, thanks for sharing! Ah, come on, John! Cut them some slack down-under! It might not be the best reconstruction, but it's still recognizably some generic sort of mosasaur! We are planning another trip, this time with the kids so I'll see if I can get some more detailed pics of the marine reptiles! I wish the Mosasaur was lower to the ground Mosasaur you reckon? My money was on some sort of camel. Ok seriously, it may not be perfect but it's in a hands on kids learning area so some leniency on accuracy is allowed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Man Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Man, those are awesome. Thanks for sharing! Best Find: Intact Tapirus Jaw Watch the Recovery Here: LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carch_23 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) Really cool museum! Such a shame the dinosaur area of the Australian Museum here in Sydney dont seem to have the same amount of dino fossils you guys have there in Auckland. Hope to possibly visit soon! Edited October 23, 2022 by carch_23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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