Sue's Vital Statistics

Scientific name

Tyrannosaurus rex (From the Greek and Latin for "tyrant lizard king")

Age

Late Cretaceous Period 67 million years

Range

Western North America

Discovered

August 12, 1990, on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation near Faith, South Dakota, by fossil hunter Sue Hendrickson.

Length

12.8 metres

Height at hips

4.0 metres

Estimated live weight 7 tons (6.4 metric tons)
Weight of skull

272 kg

Length of skull

1.5 metres

Size of brain cavity

Just big enough to hold a litre of milk

Number of teeth

58

Length of teeth

19.05 to 30.5 centimetres

Diet

Meat

Sex

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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