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Sue (dinosaur) Sue [a] is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is one of the largest, [b] most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. [4] FMNH PR 2081 was discovered on August 12, 1990, [5] by American explorer and fossil collector Sue Hendrickson, and was named after her.
The American Museum of Natural History ( AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. [5] Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.
Charles Robert Knight (October 21, 1874 – April 15, 1953) was an American wildlife and paleoartist best known for his detailed paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and are currently on display at several major museums in the United States. One of his most famous works is a mural of ...
Dippy is a composite Diplodocus skeleton in Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and the holotype of the species Diplodocus carnegii.It is considered the most famous single dinosaur skeleton in the world, due to the numerous plaster casts donated by Andrew Carnegie to several major museums around the world at the beginning of the 20th century.
A large dinosaur's skeleton has fetched $44.6m (£34m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York City - the most ever paid for a fossil. The plant-eating stegosaurus - nicknamed Apex - is 11ft (3.4m ...
Recently, the debate sparked public interest after a nearly complete stegosaurus skeleton named "Apex" sold for a record-breaking $44.6 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York on July 17 to ...
New York: New York: USA: Skeleton Gorgosaurus libratus: USNM 12814 National Museum of Natural History: Washington: D.C. USA: formerly AMNH 5428 Skeleton Gorgosaurus libratus: TMP 91.36.500 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology: Drumheller: Alberta: Canada: Sub-adult specimen Skeleton Gorgosaurus sternbergi: AMNH 5664 American Museum of Natural ...
A Stegosaurus skeleton has become the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction, being snapped up for $44.6 million in New York.. The dinosaur fossil was sold on Wednesday to an anonymous buyer ...