T-Rex at the Venetian

Naturally, the highlight of the exhibit was “Samson”, the Tyrannosaurus rex.  The 66 million year old dinosaur is 15 feet tall by 40 feet long and is one of the largest ever discovered. The female skeleton is made up of 170 bones and is more than 50 per cent complete. Its head is undistorted and one of the most complete in existence. Samson was found in South Dakota, United States, in 1987 and excavated in 1992. During the Cretaceous Period - between 145.5 and 65.5 million years ago - Tyrannosaurs occupied a position at the top of the food chain. Its massive skull and powerful serrated teeth could bite through the leg bone of any dinosaur living at that time.

Pair of Dinosaurs Einiosaurus procurvicornis Two Medicine Formation, Montana	Massive Turtle Cluster Miocene, Nebraska
Worlds Largest Shark Jaw 8 ft high – 10 ft wide	Carcharocles megalodon Miocene Ogeechee River, South Carolina
French Dinosaur Egg Clutch Hypselosaurus Maastrichtian Aix en Province, France	Fossil Pig Archaeotherium Oligocene White River Badlands, SD
A 3-1/2 inch Starfish found on Mount Boutshafrin near Alnif, Morocco	Stingray Heliobatis radians Green River Formation, Wyoming
Woolly Mammoth Skeleton Mammuthus primigenius Pleistocene Eastern Siberia, Russia	Close-up of the foot of the Woolly Mammoth