Largest T. rex ever discovered comes to Auckland Museum

Auckland gets its chance to see the largest, most complete and best preserved Tyrannosaurus ever discovered when the exhibition A T-rex Named Sue opens at Auckland Museum on 15th November.

Sue, one of the most fearsome flesh-eaters to have inhabited the Earth, roamed North America 67 million years ago. This ‘Tyrant Lizard King’, with her extraordinarily powerful jaws and massive serrated steak-knife-like teeth, will terrify and fascinate visitors of all ages.

Sue comes to NZ from The Field Museum in Chicago. The dramatic, full-sized cast of Sue’s 12.8 metre long and 3.6 metre high skeleton forms the centrepiece of this exhibition, which also includes interactive displays exploring the palaeontology that has helped scientists reconstruct Sue’s life and legacy.

The exhibition also investigates new evidence suggesting the presence of large meat-eating dinosaurs in NZ similar to the Tyrannosaurus.

A Fossil Footsteps trail allows visitors to don their explorer’s hat and embark on a prehistoric discovery of unique NZ dinosaurs in the Museum’s Origins gallery.