A dinosaur skeleton, which was previously reported missing, has now resurfaced. The skeleton, from an approximately 15-meter long long-necked dinosaur, was on its way to the Evolution Museum in Knuthenborg Safari Park when it suddenly disappeared during transportation. On Monday, it was reported missing, but now it has been found again, informs Christoffer Knuth, owner and director of Knuthenborg Safari Park, to TV2 East.
According to Christoffer Knuth, the current status is that the dinosaur has been located and is on its way to Lolland in a truck. “So it should reportedly be okay,” the director tells TV2 East. The skeleton was originally planned to be presented at the museum on Tuesday, but the delay in transportation has pushed this plan back. On Monday, it was reported that the skeleton was somewhere between Zurich and Lolland, and Christoffer Knuth was assured that it would arrive on Tuesday. Now it is expected to arrive between 6 pm and 10 pm on Tuesday evening.
When the boxes with the skeleton arrive, a team of Americans will be ready to assemble it, a process expected to take around 24 hours, according to TV2 East. Recently, the Evolution Museum also announced that the skull from a newly discovered dinosaur species, Lokiceratops rangiformis, will be exhibited at the museum. This species lived over 78 million years ago, and the name refers to the Nordic god Loki, as fossils from this species will only be exhibited in Denmark.
The Evolution Museum, which opened on April 1, 2023, houses a collection of unique and authentic fossils from dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. At the opening, the collection had an estimated value in the hundreds of millions. Among the impressive exhibits is also the skeleton of the allosaurus “Big Joe,” a nine-meter long and one and a half-ton carnivore that lived 155 million years ago.