Re: Sue, the T rex

[Casey <TUCKERCJ@muohio.edu>]

I was a teaching assistant for a Dinosaur Biology class between late July &
early August.  Part of this class culminated in a behind-the-scenes tour of
the Chicago Field Museum.  As part of this we got to see some of the Sue
prepatory labs.  She is not near to being assembled, as removal of matrix
and repair of bone material is still occurring on the specimen.  We were
told that Chris Brochu will be doing the official description later (Chris,
if you're out there maybe you can add more to this).  Because of the
special nature of the specimen, we were asked not to take pictures.  Due to
this I'm reluctant to say anything more about it, other than it was
extremely exciting and what little we were told already has me anxiously
awaiting the complete description write-up.

Aside: To the members of the Chicago Field Museum that are members of the
list, I would like to take a moment and thank you for sharing your time
with us when we visited.  We enjoyed the tour thoroughly.

Sincerely,

Casey Tucker
Dept. of Zoology
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio

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From: Buckaroobwana@aol.com
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Sue, the T rex
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 9:08 PM

Does anyone out there have any hard data on the Sue T. rex specimen. Has it

been assembled and mounted yet? I am particularly interested in the total 
legnth of Sue compared to Giganotosaurus. Also, I dont know if he's a 
subscriber to the mailing list but does anyone know if Greg Paul plans a 
follow up to Predatory Dinosaurs of the World? With all the new discoveries

in the 11 years since it was published, a new, updated edition would be a 
Godsend!