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T. Rex Skeleton to be Shipped via FedEx to Smithsonian Museum (Video)
Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Apr 08, 2014 01:38 PM EDT
The Smithsonian Museum is in for a treat. A T. rex skeleton that was originally found in Montana will soon be heading to the facility to be put on display for the next 50 years.
"It's about time the Smithsonian had their own T. rex," said Museum of the Rockies marketing director Mark Robinson, via therepublic.com. "Seven million people a year will be seeing it, and we're OK with that. It will be good exposure for the Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University and the state."
How will this dinosaur's remains make their way over to the museum? Through FedEx, of course. The Chicago Tribune reports that the 65-million-year-old fossil will be transported from the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in the National Mall of Washington, D.C., to serve as the centerpiece at the museum's National Fossil Hall.
"It's truly one of a kind, we are very confident that we're the right company to transport something like this," said FedEx Custom Critical's Ryan Henary, via natureworldnews.com. Henary adds that the remains will be loaded into a customized trailer and taken over 2,000 miles.
Of course, without this discovery, managing this miraculous yet highly efficient method of transportation would never even be possible.
Thank the Wankel family, who originally came across the remains in 1988 near Eastern Montana. After showing the fossil to an expert from the Museum of the Rockies, husband and wife Tom and Kathy learned of its notoriety. From there, the Wankels and museum staff unearthed the rest of the T.rex skeleton in 1990. The rest is history.
The cargo carrying the T. rex remains is expected to arrive in Washington on Sunday, at which time the National Museum of Natural History will publicly receive the shipment. The $35 million fossil is expected to go on view in 2019.
Want to learn more about this dinosaur's remains? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.
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First Posted: Apr 08, 2014 01:38 PM EDT
The Smithsonian Museum is in for a treat. A T. rex skeleton that was originally found in Montana will soon be heading to the facility to be put on display for the next 50 years.
"It's about time the Smithsonian had their own T. rex," said Museum of the Rockies marketing director Mark Robinson, via therepublic.com. "Seven million people a year will be seeing it, and we're OK with that. It will be good exposure for the Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University and the state."
How will this dinosaur's remains make their way over to the museum? Through FedEx, of course. The Chicago Tribune reports that the 65-million-year-old fossil will be transported from the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in the National Mall of Washington, D.C., to serve as the centerpiece at the museum's National Fossil Hall.
"It's truly one of a kind, we are very confident that we're the right company to transport something like this," said FedEx Custom Critical's Ryan Henary, via natureworldnews.com. Henary adds that the remains will be loaded into a customized trailer and taken over 2,000 miles.
Of course, without this discovery, managing this miraculous yet highly efficient method of transportation would never even be possible.
Thank the Wankel family, who originally came across the remains in 1988 near Eastern Montana. After showing the fossil to an expert from the Museum of the Rockies, husband and wife Tom and Kathy learned of its notoriety. From there, the Wankels and museum staff unearthed the rest of the T.rex skeleton in 1990. The rest is history.
The cargo carrying the T. rex remains is expected to arrive in Washington on Sunday, at which time the National Museum of Natural History will publicly receive the shipment. The $35 million fossil is expected to go on view in 2019.
Want to learn more about this dinosaur's remains? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone