Jane (dinosaur)
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| Common name: | Jane |
| Species: | Tyrannosaurus rex |
| Age: | 66 mya |
| Place discovered: | Hell Creek Formation, Montana, United States |
| Date discovered: | 2001 |
| Discovered by: | Carol Tuck and Bill Harrison |
Jane is a renowned juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered in the Hell Creek Formation in southern Montana. After four years of preparation, Jane is now on display as the centerpiece of a new exhibit at Rockford, Illinois' Burpee Museum of Natural History called "Jane: Diary of a Dinosaur." Paleontologists believe the adolescent Tyrannosaurus Rex was approximately 11 years old at her time of death.[1] Visitors are able to discover what happened during the 66 million years she lay buried, visit a re-creation of the expedition’s Montana base camp, and view Jane’s fully restored 21.5-foot (6.5 metres) long skeleton.
Jane is half as big as her adult counterpart "Sue," who is 42 feet (13 metres) long and resides at Chicago's Field Museum. Jane's weight was probably nearly 1,500 lbs. Jane’s big feet and long powerful legs indicate she was built for speed and could possibly run as fast as 20-30 miles per hour. Jane’s lower jaw has 17 finely curved, serrated, razor-sharp teeth designed to tear into flesh. Jane's gender is undetermined. She is named after Burpee Museum benefactor Jane Solem. Jane was found in the summer of 2001 by Carol Tuck and Bill Harrison. Ms. Tuck and Mr. Harrison were team members of an expedition led by Burpee Museum curator Michael Henderson.
Rockford's Jane exhibit also contains several scale casts of other dinosaurs, including a 40-foot Tyrannosaurus rex.
