DB Schenker transports dinosaur skeleton

Historical freight

Helena Gennutt, 27.02.2020, 11:43

DB Schenker transports dinosaur skeleton

DB Schenker has transported over 150 million-year-old bones of a long-necked dinosaur from Switzerland to the Netherlands. Thousands of pieces can be put together to form a 16-metre-long dinosaur, which is potentially a new species.

Special transport: DB Schenker truck with dinosaur bones at the Oertijdmuseum in the Netherlands © DB Schenker Benelux

DB Schenker transported the Diplodocus bones from the Aathal Dinosaur Museum in Switzerland to the Oertijdmuseum Boxtel in the Netherlands. Nicole Biesheuvel, Vice President Fairs, Events & Special Logistics at DB Schenker Benelux, explains: "As sunlight and vibration can easily damage the fragile fossils, the truck journey was carried out with particular care."

In a publicly accessible research laboratory, researchers, geology students and specially trained volunteers are now uncovering the parts and putting them together. The exhibit will consist largely of original preserved bones, with plastic models replacing missing parts.

The researchers plan to complete the dinosaur named "Aurora" by 2024. Palaeontologist Jonathan Wallaard says of the multi-year project: "Every dinosaur specimen is unique and rare. Therefore, each individual specimen can help us scientists considerably in our research. Understanding the past also influences our understanding of the future. If we gain better knowledge about the extinction of creatures in earlier times, this can also help us to preserve biodiversity today."

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