Trix tells us what bones do and do not hold on to

Sources

Sources consulted on 16 September 2026. The museum sources support the object details, history or the museum’s own programme. Viewing tips and interpretation of the images are editorial interpretation.

The final Dutch text was reviewed for content and language by a separate editorial assistant. A source check is not a truth percentage.

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Trix as T. rex in the permanent display
3D Trix to Nagasaki – Nature Today / Naturalis
Completeness, undeformed bones, 2020 print, original stays in Leiden

Images and captions

**The skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus rex Trix in Naturalis, Leiden.**
Hay Kranen · CC BY 4.0. Own work
Original image page ↗ · Licence
Reduced in size and converted to WebP for the web; no editing of the image content.

**A second view of Trix in Naturalis, Leiden.**
Hay Kranen · CC BY 4.0. Own work
Original image page ↗ · Licence
Reduced in size and converted to WebP for the web; no editing of the image content.

Current situation

A work being in the collection does not mean it is permanently on display. Check the museum’s current programme before you visit.