Watch the fossil cleanup live
The teen T. rex fossils and surrounding rock now reside at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. There, a crew will finish removing the rock and pore over the fossils.
If you’re in Denver, you can watch as this happens. Scientists will prepare the fossils in a public exhibit inside the museum. Their “Teen Rex Prep Lab” opens this week.
Fossil preparators are actively involved in research. “Preparing the fossils in public makes paleontology feel more real,” explains Myria Perez. “To be able to display that, I think, is extremely important.” Perez is a fossil preparator at the National Museum of Natural History. That’s in Washington, D.C. She didn’t take part in the teen T. rex project.
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Source:: Science Explores
