Montana’s T. rex is the most completely mounted T. rex fossil, not a cast or a replica. The mount includes the animal’s belly ribs, also known as gastralia. Belly ribs apparently helped protect vital organs, and are found in all meat-eating dinosaurs, crocodilians and some other reptiles.
| Date Taken: | 04.11.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.11.2015 21:18 |
| Photo ID: | 1868817 |
| VIRIN: | 150411-A-RO090-006 |
| Resolution: | 720x960 |
| Size: | 100.89 KB |
| Location: | BOZEMAN, MONTANA, US |
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