Referred specimen
RSKM P2523.8 “Scotty”
Tyrannosaurus rex
Open the Tyrannosaurus rex profileFacts
- Catalog number
- RSKM P2523.8
- Nickname
- Scotty
- Institution
- Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSKM)
- Year found
- 1991
- Found by
- Robert Gebhardt
- Locality
- Scotty site, Frenchman River valley near Eastend, Saskatchewan
- Formation
- Frenchman Formation
What this specimen preserves
Referred specimen: RSKM P2523.8 “Scotty”
- Preserved
- Partial
- Reconstructed
- Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
| Region | State |
|---|---|
| Skull | Partial |
| Mandible | Unknown / not recorded |
| Teeth | Unknown / not recorded |
| Cervical vertebrae | Unknown / not recorded |
| Dorsal vertebrae | Partial |
| Sacrum | Unknown / not recorded |
| Caudal vertebrae | Unknown / not recorded |
| Ribs | Unknown / not recorded |
| Gastralia | Unknown / not recorded |
| Scapula / shoulder girdle | Unknown / not recorded |
| Humerus | Unknown / not recorded |
| Forearm (radius / ulna) | Unknown / not recorded |
| Hand (manus) | Unknown / not recorded |
| Pelvis | Partial |
| Femur | Preserved |
| Tibia / fibula | Unknown / not recorded |
| Foot (pes) | Unknown / not recorded |
Excavation history
Found in 1991; extraction from hard sandstone took more than a decade. Persons et al. (2020) described it as an exceptionally large and old adult.