FMNH PR 2081

E74000

FMNH PR 2081 is the nearly complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil known as "SUE," one of the most famous and scientifically important dinosaur specimens in the world.

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Statements (61)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Tyrannosaurus rex specimen
fossil skeleton
paleontological specimen
auctionedAt Sotheby’s
auctionYear 1997
collectionCode FMNH PR 2081
culturalSignificance one of the most famous dinosaur fossils in the world
discoveredBy Sue Hendrickson
discoveredInCountry United States
discoveredInCounty Meade County NERFINISHED
discoveredInGeologicalFormation Hell Creek Formation
discoveredInState South Dakota NERFINISHED
discoveredNear Faith, South Dakota
discoveredOnLandOwnedBy Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
discoveryDate 1990-08-12
displayedInExhibit Evolving Planet
Griffin Halls of Evolving Planet
estimatedAgeInMillionsOfYears about 67 million years
estimatedMassInKilograms between 8000 and 9000
estimatedTotalLengthInMeters about 12.3
excavatedBy Black Hills Institute of Geological Research
family Tyrannosauridae
genus Tyrannosaurus
geologicalAge Maastrichtian
geologicalPeriod Late Cretaceous
has3DModels yes
hasCommonName SUE
hasCTScans yes
hasForelimbs yes
hasHindlimbs yes
hasPelvis yes
hasRibs yes
hasSkull yes
hasTrademarksAssociated yes
hasVertebralColumn yes
housedAt Field Museum of Natural History
housedInCity Chicago
housedInCountry United States
housedInState Illinois
isTypeSpecimen no
movedToNewExhibitYear 2019
museumAcronym FMNH
nameOrigin named SUE in honor of discoverer Sue Hendrickson
numberOfBonesRecovered over 250
order Saurischia
ownedBy Field Museum of Natural History
publicExhibitionStartYear 2000
purchasedBy Field Museum of Natural History
purchasePriceDescription record price for a dinosaur fossil at the time
purchasePriceInUSD 8600000
scientificImportance key reference specimen for T. rex anatomy and growth
one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimens known
sex undetermined
showsEvidenceOfInjury yes
showsHealedPathologies yes
skeletalCompleteness over 90 percent of the skeleton
suborder Theropoda
taxon Tyrannosaurus rex
usedForResearchOn T. rex growth and ontogeny
paleopathology
theropod biomechanics

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
SUE the T. rex
catalogNumber
FMNH PR 2081
collectionCode
FMNH PR 2081 ("FMNH")
museumAcronym

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