T. Rex Autopsy (2015)

Directed by

Richard Dale

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of four paleontologists dissects a life-sized replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex. The film shows each step of the dissection to learn about the dinosaur's anatomy.

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What happens

T. Rex Autopsy is a 2015 documentary airing on the National Geographic channel where a team of four paleontologists dissect a fiberglass, latex, and silicone rubber replica of Tyrannosaurus. The four paleontologists were Tori Herridge, Stephen Brusatte, Matthew T. Mossbrucker and Luke Gamble, who is the lead anatomist. The T. rex was based on the most complete fossil, "Sue". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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