Big bones: Victoria the ‘simply terrifying’ T rex arrives at Melbourne Museum

It took a team of four a week to reassemble the skeleton, which is one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossils on Earth

When the crates containing the fossilised bones of Victoria the T rex arrived at Melbourne Museum, one of Australia's leading palaeontologists was giddy with excitement - and trepidation.

It's the closest I've ever got to the skull of a T rex," Dr Erich Fitzgerald says.