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Real bones from one
of the most complete
T. Rex skeletons in
the world is on display
at the Oregon
Museum of Science
and Industry.
Samson the T.
Rex at OMSI
Fossil one of the most
complete in existence
A magnificent 39-foot long
fossil o f the most fearsome car
nivores ever to walk the face of
the Earth is on display at the
Oregon Museum of Science and
industry (OMSI).
The 66-million-year-old Tyr
annosaurus rex skeleton known
as Samson is one of the three
most complete Tyrannosaurus
rex specimens in existence.
C lose to 60 p e rc e n t o f
Samson’soriginal bones, includ
ing its nearly complete skull will
be on exhibit.
“We are honored that OMSI
has been chosen to be the first
museum in the world to host the
mounted Samson, “said OMSI
president Nancy Stueber. “It is a
truly unique and magnificent
specimen that has opened new
doors to scientific discovery
about the life o f the Tyrannosau
rus rex. W e’re pleased to offer
visitors the rare opportunity to
view its real bones up close.”
Samson was discovered in
South Dakota in 1987 and is one
o f three tyrannosaurs unearthed
with more than 50 percent of
their skeletal bones remaining.”
In life, Samson measured ap
proximately 40 feet in length and
could have looked into a second
story window. Its massive skull
and pow erful serrated teeth
could have bitten through the leg
bone of bone of any o f its peers.
Most likely a very skilled
hunter with binocular color vi
sion and an extremely sensitive
sense o f smell, this colossus, like
other adults o f the species, lived
as an apex predator of the late
Cretaceous Period.
Samson will be on display at
OMSI through summer. For
more information, visit omsi.edu/
samson.
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