Wankel T. rex

June 27, 2013

Kathy Wankel, with Marsh picks, and her husband, Tom, immediate right, pose with the Museum of the Rockies field crew, from left, Patrick Leiggi, Jack Horner, Matt Smith and Bob Harmon, with casts of the T.rex arm bones she found that lead to the discovery of the Wankel T.rex near Fort Peck Reservoir in Eastern Montana. The Wankel T.rex is one of the most complete T.rex specimens ever unearthed, with 80- to 85-percent of the remains recovered.

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