bones
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"Gus" is one of the world's most complete T. rex skeletons -- with 183 fossilized bones -- and was discovered on a cattle ranch in South Dakota in 2021.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Gus was discovered in South Dakota’s fossil-rich Hell Creek Formation and excavated between 2021 and 2023, followed by three years of lab work to prep, assemble, and mount the bones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The bones were excavated over three summers, when it was warm enough for the ground to have thawed, from 2021 to 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
It is not a place crowded with abandoned good intentions, freezer-burned stock bones or half-used bags of vegetables slowly turning into gravel.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Sue cleaned ash from their eyes, but somehow, none of their bones were broken.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
