FMNH PR 2081

E74000

Tyrannosaurus rex specimen fossil skeleton paleontological specimen

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.

Aliases (1)

FMNH ×1

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