Description
Sue the T. Rex is the largest, most extensive and best preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen ever found at over 90% recovered by bulk. It was discovered in the summer of 1990, by Sue Hendrickson, a paleontologist, and was named after her. The fossil was auctioned in October 1997, for $7.6 million, the highest amount ever paid for a dinosaur fossil, and is now a permanent feature at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.
Coverage
Length of 40 ft and stands 12 ft tall at the hips
Was estimated to have weighed around 6.4 to 10.2 metric tons when alive
Age: 67–65.5 million years
Discovered: 1990
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