T.rex Discovery Centre

The T.rex Discovery Centre is a museum located in Eastend, Saskatchewan, Canada, that was built to contain the fossil remains of the Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed "Scotty" which was found nearby.[1][2] It also showcases many other fossil specimens that can be found in Saskatchewan and the surrounding area.

The centre is operated by the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM), of Regina, Saskatchewan, and was officially opened on May 30, 2003. The building contains the RSM Fossil Research Station.[3]

"Scotty" the T. rex was found in August 1991 by local high school principal Robert Gebhardt.[4] Gebhardt had joined palaeontologists Tim Tokaryk and John Storer from the RSM on a prospecting expedition alongside the Frenchman River Valley.[5] Gebhardt stumbled across a tail vertebra of the T.rex on a cattle trail he was walking along. They later found a piece of her jaw with teeth still attached sticking out of the side of a hill. Today, about 75% of "Scotty's" bones have been recovered.

References

  1. ↑ "T-rex bones called giant find of significance". The Desert News. June 30, 1994. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Scotty back at home in Eastend". Prairie Post. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/locations/
  4. ↑ "Eastend". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Frenchman River". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

Coordinates: 49°31′21″N 108°49′38″W / 49.5224°N 108.8272°W / 49.5224; -108.8272


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