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Berlin museum displays Europe’s first complete skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex

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The 66-million-year-old skeleton, named Tristan, is among the best-preserved large dinosaur remains ever found. It will be on exhibition at the Berlin natural history museum for the next three years.

An original and nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur named " Tristan Otto " is on display at Berlin's Natural History Museum on December 16, 2015. The 12-metre-long, 3,5-metre-high skeleton was found in Montana, USA in 2010 and is some 66 Million years old. It will be on show at the museum starting December 17, 2015 for a period of three years. (AFP / John MacDougall) The head of a nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur named "Tristan Otto" is on display at Berlin's Natural History Museum on December 16, 2015. The 12-metre-long, 3,5-metre-high skeleton was found in Montana, USA in 2010 and is some 66 Million years old. It will be on show at the museum starting December 17, 2015 for a period of three years. (AFP / John MacDougall) Johannes Vogel, director of the Berlin Natural History Museum stands next to the skeleton of Tristan the Tyrannosaurus Rex during a media preview at the Museum fuer Naturkunde (Natural History Museum) on December 16, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The skeleton, unearthed in the U.S. state of Montana in 2012, is among the best-preserved large dinosaur skeletons ever found. Tristan is approximately 66 million years old, is 12 meters long and is the first complete Tyrannosaurus Rex to ever be displayed in Europe. Tristan will be on exhibition at the Berlin natural history museum for the next three years. (Photo by Axel Schmidt/Getty Images) Members of the media stand around the skeleton of Tristan the Tyrannosaurus Rex during a media preview at the Museum fuer Naturkunde (Natural History Museum) on December 16, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The skeleton, unearthed in the U.S. state of Montana in 2012, is among the best-preserved large dinosaur skeletons ever found. Tristan is approximately 66 million years old, is 12 meters long and is the first complete Tyrannosaurus Rex to ever be displayed in Europe. Tristan will be on exhibition at the Berlin natural history museum for the next three years. (Photo by Axel Schmidt/Getty Images) A photographer takes a picture with help from a monopod of a nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur named "Tristan Otto" on display at Berlin's Natural History Museum on December 16, 2015. The 12-metre-long, 3,5-metre-high skeleton was found in Montana, USA in 2010 and is some 66 Million years old. It will be on show at the museum starting December 17, 2015 for a period of three years. (AFP / John MacDougall) An original and nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur named " Tristan Otto " is on display at Berlin's Natural History Museum on December 16, 2015. The 12-metre-long, 3,5-metre-high skeleton was found in Montana, USA in 2010 and is some 66 Million years old. It will be on show at the museum starting December 17, 2015 for a period of three years. (AFP / John MacDougall) Niels Nielsen, businessman and owner of the T-Rex stands next to the scull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex during a media preview at the Museum fuer Naturkunde (Natural History Museum) on December 16, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The skeleton, unearthed in the U.S. state of Montana in 2012, is among the best-preserved large dinosaur skeletons ever found. Tristan is approximately 66 million years old, is 12 meters long and is the first complete Tyrannosaurus Rex to ever be displayed in Europe. Tristan will be on exhibition at the Berlin natural history museum for the next three years. (Photo by Axel Schmidt/Getty Images) The head of a nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur named "Tristan Otto" is on display at Berlin's Natural History Museum on December 16, 2015. The 12-metre-long, 3,5-metre-high skeleton was found in Montana, USA in 2010 and is some 66 Million years old. It will be on show at the museum starting December 17, 2015 for a period of three years. (AFP / John MacDougall) Members of the media stand around the skeleton of Tristan the Tyrannosaurus Rex during a media preview at the Museum fuer Naturkunde (Natural History Museum) on December 16, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The skeleton, unearthed in the U.S. state of Montana in 2012, is among the best-preserved large dinosaur skeletons ever found. Tristan is approximately 66 million years old, is 12 meters long and is the first complete Tyrannosaurus Rex to ever be displayed in Europe. Tristan will be on exhibition at the Berlin natural history museum for the next three years. (Photo by Axel Schmidt/Getty Images)


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