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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Specimens of Tyrannosaurus, Lucy, Sue, Turkana Boy, OH 5, AL 333, Ardi, Hofmeyr Skull, Stan, Dali, OH 7, Black Beauty, AL 129-1, Peck's Rex, Little Foot, Jane, NGMC 91, Taung Child, Selam, Dakota, Gawis cranium, Mrs. Ples, List of notable dinosaur specimens, La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1, Boaz mastodon, Trachodon mummy, Miguelon, SPS 100/44, Neanderthal 1, WDC DML 001, Samu, Steinheim Skull, STS 71, STS 14, SK 48, Saccopastore skulls, Florisbad Skull, Kadanuumuu, Leanderthal Lady, Mauer 1, KNM ER 3733, Schoninger Speere, KNM WT 17000, KNM ER 992, Cro-Magnon 1, KNM ER 1813, TM 1517, OH 24, Saldanha man, AL 200-1, Abel, Tianyuan man, KNM ER 406, SK 46, Sangiran 2, Trinil 2, Erfoud Manuport, Peninj Mandible, La Ferrassie 1, KNM ER 1805, NG 6. Excerpt: Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most popular dinosaurs, is known from numerous specimens, some of which have acquired a degree of notability in their own right because of their scientific importance and coverage by the media. See Tyrannosaurus for more information on the genus itself. The holotype of Tyrannosaurus rex, a partial skull and skeleton originally called AMNH 973 (AMNH stands for American Museum of Natural History), was discovered in the U.S. state of Montana in 1902 and excavated over the next three years. Another specimen (AMNH 5866), found in Wyoming in 1900, was described in the same paper under the name Dynamosaurus imperiosus. At the time of their initial description and naming, these specimens had not been fully prepared and the type specimen of T. rex had not even been fully recovered. In 1906, after further preparation and examination, Henry Fairfield Osborn recognized both skeletons as belonging to the same species. Because the name Tyrannosaurus rex had appeared just one page earlier than Dynamosaurus in Osborn's 1905 work, it was considered the older name ...
