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Referred specimen

FMNH PR 2081 “Sue”

Tyrannosaurus rex

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Facts

Catalog number
FMNH PR 2081
Nickname
Sue
Institution
Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH)
Year found
1990
Found by
Sue Hendrickson
Locality
Sue site, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, near Faith, South Dakota
Formation
Hell Creek Formation

Images

SUE (FMNH PR 2081) mounted at the Field Museum, Chicago, with the real fossil bones highlighted in green; the real skull is displayed separately.Image credit: Evolutionnumber9, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (unmodified except resizing), Field Museum of Natural HistoryCC BY-SA 4.0 (unmodified)Source (opens in a new tab)

What this specimen preserves

Referred specimen: FMNH PR 2081 “Sue”

  • Preserved
  • Partial
  • Reconstructed
  • Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
Skeleton regions of Referred specimen: FMNH PR 2081 “Sue”
RegionState
SkullPreserved
MandiblePreserved
TeethPreserved
Cervical vertebraePreserved
Dorsal vertebraePreserved
SacrumPreserved
Caudal vertebraePartial
RibsPreserved
GastraliaPreserved
Scapula / shoulder girdlePreserved
HumerusPreserved
Forearm (radius / ulna)Preserved
Hand (manus)Partial
PelvisPreserved
FemurPreserved
Tibia / fibulaPreserved
Foot (pes)Partial

Excavation history

Found by Sue Hendrickson on 12 August 1990 during a Black Hills Institute field season. Seized by the FBI in 1992 in a dispute over ownership, auctioned in 1997 and bought by the Field Museum; first displayed in 2000.

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