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Teenage Triceratops joins juvenile T.rex Jane
ROCKFORD, IL She may be 66 million years old to us, but Jane the juvenile T.rex was actually only 11 years old when she died. Now a new teenage dinosaur is joining Jane at Rockford?s Burpee Museum of Natural History ? a juvenile Triceratops named Homer.
Just like Jane, Homer was found in the Cretaceous Hell Creek formation in Montana by Burpee volunteers. Homer, a juvenile Triceratops whose gender is still unknown, is an extremely significant find in the dinosaur world because not only is it a young teenage dinosaur, but its bones were also found with the bones of two other young Triceratops. Triceratops were generally known to be loners, so it is very puzzling that Homer was found with other dinosaurs.
?We became really excited as we excavated Homer?s site,? says Scott Williams of the Burpee Museum. ?As we continued to find more bones we realized that we had not just one, but three juvenile Triceratops buried at the site. Although Homer is a relatively common dinosaur, this was the first time anyone had found multiple specimens buried together, so the site became scientifically important as well. It poses questions like, ?How did all these kids end up here???
Homer was discovered by Helmuth Redschlag, who took the ?finders-keepers? opportunity to name the dinosaur. He named it after Homer Simpson, his favorite TV personality. Burpee staffers have spent the last two and a half years digging Homer out of its gravesite and then chipping away at the bone matrix in the museum?s basement laboratory.
?There is a lot of work that goes into getting a dinosaur skeleton ready for research and exhibition,? says Williams. ?First you have to find a good specimen, which can be challenging. Once you find a good dinosaur skeleton you have to excavate it, which usually means a lot of backbreaking work, over several weeks, in hard conditions. However, all of that is the easy work. Back in the lab it may take years to completely clean and prepare all the fossil bones for paleontologists to study and to be finally put on display.?
A display of Homer?s skull joins the other dino exhibit of Jane, the world?s most complete juvenile T.rex, making Burpee a special home for kid dinosaurs. Patrons can enjoy Jane?s interactive exhibit Jane: Diary of a Dinosaur, where they can find out who Jane was, how she died and how she was found 66 million years later.
To find out more information on Homer and Jane, log on to www.burpee.org. Burpee Museum of Natural History also houses many other historical exhibits worth noting ? don?t miss the Carboniferous Coal Forest, the Windows to Wilderness exhibit, the Native American exhibit or the new Children?s Gallery with hands-on kids? activities. Afterward hop next door to the Discovery Center Museum, rated the number four children?s museum in the nation by Child Magazine.
Rockford, IL, is located approximately 60 minutes west of Chicago?s O?Hare International Airport off Interstate 90. For information on accommodations and things to do, visit www.gorockford.com. RACVB is a private, non-profit organization established in 1984 to champion efforts to promote the Rockford Region as an overnight visitor destination. The RACVB adds wealth to the region?s economy by investing in marketing programs that grow tourism.
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