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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
FMNH PR 2081 canonical 2
FMNH 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ⓘ
fossil skeleton ⓘ
paleontological specimen ⓘ
auctionedAt Sotheby’s ⓘ
auctionYear 1997 ⓘ
collectionCode FMNH PR 2081 self-link ⓘ
culturalSignificance one of the most famous dinosaur fossils in the world ⓘ
discoveredBy Sue Hendrickson ⓘ
discoveredInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discoveredInCounty Meade County ⓘ
discoveredInGeologicalFormation Hell Creek Formation ⓘ
discoveredInState South Dakota ⓘ
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 Cretaceous ⓘ
surface form: 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 City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
housedInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
housedInState Illinois ⓘ
isTypeSpecimen no ⓘ
movedToNewExhibitYear 2019 ⓘ
museumAcronym FMNH PR 2081 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Tyrannosaurus rex
usedForResearchOn T. rex growth and ontogeny ⓘ
paleopathology ⓘ
theropod biomechanics ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SUE the T. rex → catalogNumber → FMNH PR 2081 ⓘ
FMNH PR 2081 → collectionCode → FMNH PR 2081 self-link ⓘ
FMNH PR 2081 → museumAcronym → FMNH PR 2081 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: FMNH