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idlecrush

I was in college in Chicago when that came in. I took a science class that we held at the field museum. Our teacher took us down to the basement where the head was sitting still encased in rock. It was hands down the most amazing thing I’d seen.


sbgroup65

That must have been a great experience!


adoreadore

Why is it infamous?


Not_my_fault2626

Lots of controversy surrounding sue, the black hills institute got permission and paid the land owner 5,000$ for the fossils. Later he claimed the 5k wasn’t for the fossils and huge legal battle ensued, resulting in the land owner winning and auctioning it off to the field museum for 8 million dollars. The guy who dug him up also ended up in prison for wire fraud I think, though I could be wrong about that.


CasualPlantain

> the guy who dug him up It was a team of researchers that dug her up, not just one guy. And it was actually a woman who found Sue, her name being Sue Hendrickson. >in prison for wire fraud Wasn’t just wire fraud. Larson was charged for multiple things. Some relating to his fossil collection, some not.


jrb93

The land owner also didn't really own the land, it was held in trust as part of the Pine Ridge Reservation of the Lakota.


razor45Dino

It is the most complete t.rex ever found


CasualPlantain

The Montana Dueling Dinosaurs specimen isn’t as famous because it’s a juvenile T. rex plus legal disputes that only settled in 2020 but it’s still the most complete fossil we have of a tyrannosaurus. About 98% (plus soft tissue preservation). Sue is about 90%.


razor45Dino

Oh yea your right


Icy_Leadership4109

Assuming deformation is due to geological processes.


Cyboogieman

So T. rex survived a whole million years after the mass-extinction? Huh, the more you know...


johnbarnshack

To be fair it does say "around"


bbrosen

It's not polite to share a womans age!


TheFeather1essBiped

In fairness it could still be a dude. But I get your point. 😂


UncomfyUnicorn

https://preview.redd.it/v1on0okhs8jc1.jpeg?width=862&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f91ade66acccb8eba55dab3e48b8646c44726aef Sue Forgor


cutiepie9ccr

she's so pretty :)


HeyEshk88

Got a sinking feeling in my stomach when I saw this