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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Dinoexpert (talk | contribs) at 22:53, 17 September 2013 (→Such conservative weight estimates: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Quality

This article could be improved by more encyclopedic writing. If anyone would like to rewrite parts of it, that would be great.--MatthewLiberal 14:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well cut it some slack it's a brand new article. It does need work though—very nice start nonetheless. Interesting subject. Aaron Bowen 14:07, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting subject, but it is written like a High School essay. Still, considering it's a new article, it has more sources than most. 24.205.34.217 16:59, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

This article needs to be merged with FMNH PR2081 which is about the same fossil.—Ketil Trout (<><!) 18:50, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. That article didn't contain anything except the specimen ID that wasn't in this article. SchmuckyTheCat 21:09, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree - makes no sense to have two articles on the same specimen. I started the FMNH PR2081 article as part of a series that will cover all Tyrannosaur specimens. As long as we can keep the category link to Collection of the Field Museum I have no problem with it Mistyschism 21:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Everything is now in this article, and the other Redirects here. JQF • Talk • Contribs 21:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sue Source

Here is a link to a source from Neil and Peter Larson on the Black Hills Institute Website - it gives some exact dates - such as when the FBI seized the fossil from the Institute. The majority of the articl is POV but it has some facts. Currently I am working on updating Hill City, South Dakota and have included a part about Sue in the History section. I only used the link I just posted as the source. If someone here could take a look at the Hill City page - that would be most helpful. Lmielke359 10:41, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge (new)

The merge-to article does not exist yet because it's just been proposed, to hold several separate articles on tyrannosaur specimens. The (Discuss) link should have taken you to the WikiProject Dinosaurs discussion on the topic. J. Spencer 04:24, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cast?

Do you think it would be possible to mention the fact that there was a complete cast made of Sue, which is currently touring the country? It just came into my town about a week ago, fascinating thing. 74.242.15.223 02:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Commentary moved from article

I removed the following from the article because it's much more appropriate to a talk page. J. Spencer (talk) 00:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A clarification of this statement would be useful. While legal title to a trust's corpus does technically reside in the trustee, saying that the trustee "owns" the property in question is highly misleading. It would be better to say that the property "belonged" to the trust or, better yet, to its beneficiaries. svanslyck 2008-06-07

Any information on damage to right leg?

When I saw this fossil, I photographed what appeared to be a pretty nasty infection on the right leg. It was the most readily visible sign of injury on the body of the skeleton, besides the obvious breaks in the ribs. Do we have any information on this, and if it had any role to play in Sue's death? »S0CO(talk|contribs) 22:14, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the left fibula had been infected, as is stated by the article.--MWAK (talk) 17:07, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Size?

Its big, but how big? surely such a complete and well known specimin has a size. Spinodontosaurus (talk) 04:11, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

42 feet long. I believe 12 feet at hips. Abyssal (talk) 07:17, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
My point was is that the article makes no mention of its size what so ever. Spinodontosaurus (talk) 00:09, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
--Maybe this article should have a section about its stats, facts or morphology? An interesting fact is that although it's named Sue, no one is actually sure as to what its gender originally was. Possibly a boy named Sue, you could say. HaHa -END-- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.108.249.235 (talk) 11:09, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Also, here are some stats from the Field Museum's website that might come in handy for said section:
Length: 40.5 feet (12.9 meters)
Height at hips: 13 feet (4.0 meters)
Estimated live weight: more than 7 tons (6.4 metric tons)

And here's the soure: "http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/#sues-vital-stats" -END-- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.108.249.235 (talk) 11:18, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Auction

according to this Site from the Field Museum, "Sue" costs nearly US$ 8.4 Mio. In the article here is 7.6 mentioned ^^ -- Hartmann Schedel Prost 10:34, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The difference is accounted for by the auction commission, as explained by the article.--MWAK (talk) 17:11, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
forgive me, as I always say, my english is not the best one. Commission means the fee, the auctioner charges? however, thank you MWAK -- Hartmann Schedel cheers 01:39, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Huh?

This article states: "However, before the group could depart, on August 12, a tire on their truck was deflated" Huh? Someone intentionally deflated the tire? If no one fessed up, something like "a flat tire on their truck was discovered" would make more sense. "Before the group could depart" could also use some work too - as it is, it sounds like it was some sort of race between their departure and the tire going flat. Also the comma, (ha) between "depart" and "on" is just wrong. "However, when the group was preparing to depart on August 12, a flat tire on their truck was discovered." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.129.224.141 (talk) 22:21, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Such conservative weight estimates

Hi, I am Dinoexpert, I want to dicuss of the mass estimates given for this specimen:

Tyrannosaurus rex Sue is the largest known specimen of all, but the weight estimates are so conservatively low, in absolute. It is not only the largest T.rex but also a very massive animal and according to this article it weights about less than a large African elephant, Its immense bulk does not look from a 6.4 ton animal, It is a very conservative weight specimen for such a big specimen.--Dinoexpert (talk) 22:53, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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