A T. rex named Sue
About the exhibit
09-20-2007
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- Skeleton made of high-detailed resin with steel tubes inside
- More than 15 feet high at tail
- Skeleton weighs about 3500 pounds, including base
- Divided into eight pieces for shipping.
- Last visited Spokane, Wash., Cleveland, Wichita and Oklahoma City
- Calcium deposits on left leg and ribs may be from healed broken bones
- Skeleton was 90 percent complete, missing only small parts of one foot, fore arm and neck
- Took setup crew three hours to assemble once unpacked
- Some teeth are more than nine inches long including roots
- A new tooth can be seen growing in on the right side of Sue's mouth
- Believed to be female
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