Have you ever heard of Sue the dinosaur?

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Have you ever heard of Sue the dinosaur? She is the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton every found, and Sue sold for a cool 8.3 million dollars in 1997. Sue stands 3.6 metres high at the hips and 11.9 metres long from head to tail and is made up of over 200 fossilized bones. Sue’s skull is 1.5 metres long and was too heavy to mount with the rest of the skeleton so is displayed separately while a cast replica of the skull was used. Museum staff spent 3500 hours on cleaning and repairing just Sue’s skull alone. Sue lives at The Field Museum in Chicago  and you may like to check out this great book on Sue we have in the library.

5 Responses

  1. julia 2 November, 2007 / 12:20 pm

    yes i saw a model of it

  2. Cesar A. 5 June, 2008 / 5:00 am

    I THINK I WOULD LIKE THIS STORY BECAUSE I LIKE DINOSAURS!!!!

  3. Kate 26 July, 2008 / 9:06 am

    Guess what

    Sue travelled all the way to New Zealand. She loves having a look down under and what a sight she was. Just fabulous!

  4. Kate 26 July, 2008 / 9:11 am

    Hi there

    She came all the way to New Zealand to have a look down under. She is absolutely fabulous and is sitting under our very own Volcanoe, Mount Taranaki. I am sure that is why she feels so at home. New Plymouth is very special with its own dormant volcano and I am sure that is why Sue feels so at home here. We respect the past and its heritage and she knows that so that is why she came here first. Just to say hello to our “munga” We love you SUE.

  5. Ses 9 September, 2009 / 11:23 am

    I don’t usually post but I enjoyed your blog a lot.

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