Why are there so few real fossil bones attached to the skeletons on display?
Very few skeletons are found complete, missing bones are replaced with replicas. Even when there are more real bones they are often very fragile and need to be specially cared for rather than displayed. Very heavy bones are difficult to mount as skeletons. In the Neovenator skeletal display there are many real bones comprising the skeleton; the leg bones are enormously heavy, each femur has a mass of about 25 kg!
