On Sunday, Nottingham will be the home of the first genuine Tyrannosaurus Rex that has been displayed in England in over a century.As part of a new exhibit on dinosaurs' life and environment, the skeleton Titus will be made world-premiere at Wollaton Hall Natural Heritage Museum. It was discovered in Montana in 2018.Titus: The T rex King will allow visitors to follow the fossils' journey, from their discovery in Montana Badlands, through excavation, curation and examination, until its final revelation.Rachael Evans is the museum development manager at Nottingham City Museums. It's an incredible experience to meet a T rex face-to-face. Titus' presence and power are evident even in skeleton form. He is the reason we had to dedicate Wollaton Hall's largest room to him.The skeleton, which measures four metres tall (13ft) and is 11 m long, has never been displayed to the public.Titus at the Wollaton Museum Natural History Museum. Photograph: handoutAfter being fully conserved, the fossil was approximately 20% complete. Many of the bones in this fossil are reconstructions of black obsidian. It has been impossible to find a complete T-rex skeleton. Most dinosaur skeletons displayed in exhibitions are casts.The Arts Council England funded the exhibition. It aims to dispel myths surrounding the dinosaur that roamed the earth over 66 million years ago.David Hone, a palaeontologist, senior lecturer in Zoology at Queen Mary University of London was part of the team that brought Titus to life. Titus is a well-preserved specimen that has important pathologies that help advance science and understanding of these famous dinosaurs.Visitors could take a closer look at the specimen's features to determine if he was covered with feathers or scales, he stated.In April, a study estimated that 2.5 billion T-rex roamed the Earth for 127,000 years and lived between 1.2m to 3.6m year. A total of 100 T rex fossils were found.Wollaton Hall is known for its rare dinosaur exhibits. In 2017, Wollaton Hall hosted a Dinosaurs of China Exhibition with fossils that were never seen outside of Asia.Titus: The T rex King runs at Wollaton Hall Natural Heritage Museum until August 2022
