TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A Dinosaur Named Sue 5 CHAPTER 2 The Tyrant King 11 CHAPTER 3 Huge Hunters 19 DIGGING DEEPER Predator Scavenger or Both 24 CHAPTER 4 The Age of Dinosaurs Ends 27 Focus on Tyrannosaurus Rex 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32
A DINOSAUR NAMED SUE The giant Tyrannosaurus rex crouches Its massive jaws are open revealing teeth that are up to 12 inches 30 cm long Standing 12 feet 3 7 m tall at the hip the dinosaur looms over visitors to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago Illinois The skeleton was named Sue after the scientist who found it Sue is the most famous T rex skeleton ever found 5 CHAPTER 1