Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905

  • Sue T. rex skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Chris Brochu posed with the lateral view of right side of Sue T. rex upper skull and front view
  • Sue T. rex skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Lateral view of right side of Sue T. rex upper skull and front view
  • Sue skull
    Photographer: Sotheby's
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Sue, T. rex Tyrannosaurus Rex, copyright Sotheby's. Geology specimen PR2081
  • Sue T. rex jaws
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Left ramus in lateral view. Sue T. rex lower jaw Tyrannosaurus rex. FMNH PR2081.
  • Sue T. rex jaws
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Sue T. rex Tyrannosaurus rex with scale Right ramus in lateral view. FMNH PR2081.
  • Sue T. rex jaws
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Sue T. rex jaw Tyrannosaurus rex lower jaw. Left ramus in medial view. FMNH PR2081.
  • SUE T.rex skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex skull, right lateral view [side] without lower jaws, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex skull in left lateral view, without lower jaws, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex skull anterior view without lower jaws, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex skull in posterior view, without lower jaws, back view, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex skull, with lower jaws, top view, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081. Skull in dorsal view.
  • SUE T.rex vertebrae
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex dorsal vertebrae 11, 1 of 5 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex vertebrae
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex dorsal vertebrae 11, 2 of 5 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex vertebrae
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex dorsal vertebrae 11, 3 of 5 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex vertebrae
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex dorsal vertebrae 11, 4 of 5 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex vertebrae
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex dorsal vertebrae 11, 5 of 5 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex vertebrae
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex dorsal vertebrae 12, 1 of 5 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex vertebrae
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex dorsal vertebrae 12, 2 of 5 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex vertebrae
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex dorsal vertebrae 12, 3 of 5 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex vertebrae
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex dorsal vertebrae 12, 4 of 5 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex vertebrae
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex dorsal vertebrae 12, 5 of 5 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex gastralia
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex gastralia, 1 of 4 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex gastralia
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex gastralia, 2 of 4 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex gastralia
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex gastralia, 3 of 4 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • SUE T.rex gastralia
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: SUE T.rex gastralia, 4 of 4 views, on white background. Geology specimen PR2081
  • Sue T. rex
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Completed Sue T. rex skeleton. Stanley Field Hall [warm light, no people] Geology specimen PR2081.
  • Sue T. rex
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Completed Sue T. rex skeleton. Stanley Field Hall Geology specimen PR2081
  • Sue T. rex
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Completed Sue T. rex skeleton. Stanley Field Hall. Geology specimen PR2081
  • Sue T. rex
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Completed Sue T. rex skeleton. Stanley Field Hall Geology specimen PR2081
  • Sue T. rex jaw
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Sue T. rex Tyrannosaurus rex lower jaw with scale Right ramus in medial view. FMNH PR2081.
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California. Chris Brochu, FM made the scans between August - October
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Brain and sinus cavity of Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California by Chris Brochu, FM. The scanning occurred from late August through October
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California. Chris Brochu, FM made the scans between August - October
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California. Chris Brochu, FM made the scans between August - October
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Inside of Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California by Chris Brochu, FM. The scanning occurred from late August through October.
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California. Chris Brochu, FM made the scans between August - October
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Lateral external view of Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California. Chris Brochu, FM made the scans between August - October 1998
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: External view, 3/4 of Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California. Chris Brochu, FM made the scans between August - October
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Top lateral external view of Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California. The scanning occurred from late August through October
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Horizontal internal and external cross sections of Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California by Chris Brochu, FM. The scanning occurred from late August through October
  • SUE CT scan
    Creator: Dr. Christopher A. Brochu : University of Iowa - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Vertical internal and external cross sections of Sue skull. CT scan made at Boeing Corporation, California by Chris Brochu, FM. The scanning occurred from late August through October
  • SUE skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: SUE T.rex skull, rolled out of exhibit case in Searle Lounge, with Peter Larson, studying and photographing it. Pete is president of the Black Hills Institute, the company that discovered SUE.
  • SUE skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: This is a frontal view of the "corrected" cast of SUE's real skull (which is distorted).
  • SUE skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: This is a left laterall view of the "corrected" cast of SUE's real skull (which is distorted).
  • SUE skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Lauren Was (red hair) and Amanda Flood (dark hair), and David Mendez, exhibit preparators re-installing the real skull of SUE T.rex into exhibit case after adding tooth / teeth to skull, second floor balcony (2nd) Searle Lounge.
  • SUE skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: SUE T.rex skull, rolled out of exhibit case in Searle Lounge, with Pete Makovicky, Associate Curator, Dinosaurs.
  • SUE skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: SUE T.rex skull, rolled out of exhibit case in Searle Lounge, front Bill Simpson, Collections Manager, Fossil Vertebrates; back, Mykl Ruffino Exhibitions.
  • SUE skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Sue, T. rex dinosaur skull, profile, jaws open, 5 feet long. Retouched version, black background.
  • SUE skull
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Searle Lounge with Sue's skull with new facade for display case.
  • Sue 3D model (sketchfab screenshot of obj file)
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Tyrannosaurus Rex full cast 3D scan. Uploaded for use in Sketchfab. Acquired from Exhibition Dept. https://sketchfab.com/fieldmuseumeducation
  • Download file
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Exhibitions
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Tyrannosaurus Rex full cast 3D scan. Uploaded for use in Sketchfab. Acquired from Exhibition Dept. https://sketchfab.com/fieldmuseumeducation
  • Download file
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Tyrannosaurus Rex full cast 3D scan. Uploaded for use in Sketchfab. Acquired from Exhibition Dept. https://sketchfab.com/fieldmuseumeducation
Catalog Number: PR 2081
Taxonomic Name: Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905
FM Catalog: Fossil Herps
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Saurischia
Family: Tyrannosauridae
Formation: Hell Creek Formation
Morphology: skeleton is ca. 85% complete including skull and jaws. Post-cranium mounted w/ cast skull. Real skull & jaws in separate case.
Coordinates Available?: No
Collector: Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.
EMu IRN: 2408746
Occurrence ID: df4e79be-0726-4196-b745-d0717df2bd1c

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