The “Wankel T. rex”
A long time ago, in a part of this state that is now arid desert but was then humid swampland, an egg hatched. It was the beginning of an epoch-spanning life story that continues still, beginning a new chapter this week in the nation’s capital.
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The Wankel family and the paleontology team recently revisited the discovery site as they prepare for the T. rex's debut at the Smithsonian this week.
Jonathan Newton The Washington Post
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Kathy and Tom Wankel, who live on a ranch in Montana, discovered the dinosaur's remains in 1988.
Jonathan Newton The Washington Post
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Kathy and Tom Wankel work on their ranch in Montana. In1988 they discovered a T-Rex skeleton on a small island in the Fort Peck Reservoir.
Jonathan Newton The Washington Post
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A replica of the “Nation’s T. rex” sits outside the Museum of the Rockies, where the family first brought the dinosaur’s bones.
Jonathan Newton The Washington Post
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