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Sue (dinosaur) Sue[ a] is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is one of the largest, [ b] most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. [ 4] FMNH PR 2081 was discovered on August 12, 1990, [ 5] by American explorer and fossil collector Sue Hendrickson, and was named after her.
The first-named fossil specimen which can be attributed to Tyrannosaurus rex consists of two partial vertebrae (one of which has been lost) found by Edward Drinker Cope in 1892. Cope believed that they belonged to an "agathaumid" ( ceratopsid ) dinosaur, and named them Manospondylus gigas , meaning "giant porous vertebra" in reference to the ...
Sue Hendrickson. Susan Hendrickson (born December 2, 1949) is an American explorer and fossil collector. Hendrickson is best known for her discovery of the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex in South Dakota on August 12, 1990, in the Cheyenne River Reservation. Her discovery is the most complete skeleton of Tyrannosaurus known to science.
Barnum Brown (February 12, 1873 – February 5, 1963), [1] commonly referred to as Mr. Bones, was an American paleontologist.Named after the circus showman P. T. Barnum, he discovered the first documented remains of Tyrannosaurus during a career that made him one of the most famous fossil hunters working from the late Victorian era into the early 20th century.
On August 12, 1990, Susan Hendrickson -- a fossil hunter -- discovered three huge bones protruding out of a cliff near Faith, South Dakota. Those burned turned out to be part of the largest ever T ...
Skeletal mount of the Tyrannosaurus holotype. This timeline of tyrannosaur research is a chronological listing of events in the history of paleontology focused on the tyrannosaurs, a group of predatory theropod dinosaurs that began as small, long-armed bird-like creatures with elaborate cranial ornamentation but achieved apex predator status ...
Conrad Canedo shows the size of the 2-ton skull of T. Rex Sue on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, at the Memphis Museum of Science and History. “Sue: The T. Rex Experience” is on display through May 12 ...
June 6, 2024 at 10:45 AM. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — At first, fossil-hunting diver Alex Lundberg thought the lengthy object on the sea floor off Florida's Gulf Coast was a piece of wood. It ...