DATE:  March 9, 2004

CONTACT:  Tina Luther (210) 458-2237; tluther@utsa.edu

T. REX EXHIBIT TO MAKE TEXAS DEBUT AT ITC

(San Antonio)—“A T. rex Named Sue,” an exhibit about the world's largest, most complete and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex yet discovered, will make its debut in Texas August 15-Nov. 7 at the Institute of Texan Cultures.

The life-size replica is 42 feet long and 12 feet high at the hips and is named after Sue Hendrickson, a fossil hunter who discovered the 67 million year old dinosaur bones in South Dakota in 1990. Although a foot, an arm, a few ribs and vertebrae are missing, Sue has one of two complete T.rex forelimbs that have ever been found.

The exhibit is bilingual (English and Spanish) and features a life-size cast of Sue's skull and touchable models of Sue's teeth, interactive kinetic models that demonstrate the functional anatomy of a T. rex , informational kiosks with seeing and smelling devices, and videos describing how human's images of the T.rex have changed during the past century and how scientists at The Field Museum obtained CT images of Sue's skull.

This exhibit was created by The Field Museum, Chicago, and made possible through the generosity of McDonald's Corporation.

Programming complimenting this exhibit has been planned during the exhibition dates. For more information, call 210-458-2330 or visit www.texancultures.utsa.edu .

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