FMNH PR 2081 is one of the largest, most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. It was discovered on August 12, 1990 by Sue Hendrickson, an explorer and fossil collector, and was named after her. After ownership disputes were settled, the fossil was auctioned in October 1997, for US$8.3 million. It is now a permanent feature at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.
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FMNH PR 2081 is one of the largest, most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. It was discovered on August 12, 1990 by Sue Hendrickson, an explorer and fossil collector, and was named after her. After ownership disputes were settled, the fossil was auctioned in October 1997, for US$8.3 million, the highest amount ever paid for a dinosaur fossil. It is now a permanent feature at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. Of the 360 known T. rex bones, around 250 have been recovered. Scientists believe that this specimen was covered by water and mud soon after its death, which prevented other animals from carrying away the bones. The skull was 1,394 mm long, and most of the teeth were still intact. The fossil was found on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in western South Dakota near the city of Faith. The group was excited, as it was evident that much of the dinosaur had been preserved. Previously discovered T. rex skeletons were usually missing over half of their bones. In 1992, the FBI and the South Dakota National Guard raided the site where The Black Hills Institute had been cleaning the bones and seized the fossil, charging Larson on 158 points. In 1996, Larson was sentenced to a two-year prison sentence for charges not directly related to Sue.
The U.S. Senate voted to not confirm the appointment of Kevin Schieffer as United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota after his controversial handling of the penal case. The Field Museum in Chicago was also concerned about this possibility, and decided to attempt to purchase the fossil in 1995. However, they realized that they might have difficulty securing funding and requested that they had requested that the fossil be sold in a private auction. In 1995, Sotheby’s contracted with Sothebys’s to sell the fossil and contracted to auction the fossil to The Field. The auction took place on October 7, 2020 when T.T. rex Stan was auctioning for US $31. 8 million, and Sue was sold for $8.5 million. The Fossil is on display at The Field in Chicago until the end of the year, when it will be moved to a new location in the museum’s Natural History Museum, which is expected to open in the spring of 2015. It will be on display for the rest of this year and the next two years, until the fossil is moved to the Museum’s new location, which will be open in 2016. It has been on display in the Field since the beginning of the summer of 2013. The museum is also planning to open a new museum in the fall of 2014, and the fossil will be there for the entire year, as well as a number of other exhibits.
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