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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

Rare Midwest dinosaur fossil ‘the Beast’ arrives at the Field Museum

The bones of a 35-foot-long duck-billed dinosaur called Parrosaurus missouriensis found in Missouri five years ago arrived at the Field Museum Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Brian Rich | Sun-Times)

In a dark corner of the Field Museum’s basement, staff carefully lowered one of the largest hunk of dinosaur bones they have ever uncovered and tried to move in one piece.

Strapped to a broad pallet, the 2,500 pound chunk of bones and rock dubbed “the Beast” was wrapped in plaster to protect it on its trip from southern Missouri to Chicago’s Field Museum Friday.

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