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Fossil Quiz

 

14.)  A T. rex skeleton fits in the Interpretive Center lobby. 

True  

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Barely! When we had the cast of Stan on exhibit in 2002 and 2004, the nose and tail cleared the wall with about 2-inches to spare on either side.

Cast of Tyannosaurus rex "Stan" being erected in the lobby

Cast of Tyannosaurus rex "Stan" being erected in the lobby

of the Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center.

Original is from near Buffalo, South Dakota and is in the Black Hills Museum of Natural History.

Late Cretaceous Period

Close-up of the head of "Stan"

Close-up of the head of "Stan"

Photographs from Dr. Jack Hankla’s “More than Dinosaurs” exhibit

at the Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center in 2004.

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Created January 25, 2011, Updated July 26.