Experience: we discovered a rare T rex fossil

My hands were shaking. It was the first time a person had touched it and the first time it had been seen in 66 million years

I have loved dinosaurs since Iwas a little kid. I have loads of model dinosaurs, books about dinosaurs and I've watched all the Jurassic Park movies. My dad, Sam, is buddies with the paleontologist Tyler Lyson, and I've been able to visit his lab a few times.

The area where we live in North Dakota is well known for dinosaur fossils. I like to go out and look for them, but normally find only chunksof rock.