Random, interesting facts

[GORDON]

Just now I was curious, and googled "how many tyrannosaurus skeletons have been found."

Turns out zero complete skeletons, and only about 360 bones, total.

Which is way fewer than I thought.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+man ... +recovered

[Cakedaddy]

When I first read that, I thought you were saying they have only collected 360 T-Rex bones total. All specimines combined. Not that a T-Rex has 360 bones.

[GORDON]

When I first read that, I thought you were saying they have only collected 360 T-Rex bones total. All specimines combined. Not that a T-Rex has 360 bones.

That is what I was saying, "Of the 360 known T. rex bones, around 250 have been recovered" was in the google summary, and is kind of a confusing way to put it. Now that I'm looking again, I don't see a total number of bones that have been recovered, though it seems like that should be a thing that is known to someone, somewhere.

Previously discovered T. rex skeletons were usually missing over half of their bones. It was later determined that Sue was a record 90 percent complete by bulk, and 73 percent complete counting the elements. Of the 360 known T. rex bones, around 250 have been recovered.

[Cakedaddy]

I read that as the most complete specimen is Sue, of which they have recovered around 250 of the 360 T-Rex bones. And of all of the specimines, they have discovered 360 known bones. There might be other T-Rex bones that haven't been found, which means there could be more than 360 bones in a T-Rex.

[TheCatt]

This thread is somewhat interesting. I didn't read his whole article linked near the end.