Tyrannosaurus Sue-- The Extraordinary Saga of the Largest, Most Fought Over T. Rex Ever Found
Page 36
140-141
Mason, Ruth, 11
Sue Hendrickson and, 9, 16,
Mason Quarry. See Ruth Mason
18,26, 72, 187
Dinosaur Q u a r r y
Sue's auction and, 207-209,212
Mathers, Bill, 153
Tyrannosaurus Duffy and,
Matkins, Bette, 53
140-141, 141, 143-144
May, Peter, 224
Tyrannosaurus Stan and, 42,
McBride.Ted, 135, 144, 145
121-122, 134
McCarter, John W., Jr., 3 , 1 9 5 ,
Tyrannosaurus Steven and, 188
198-201,217
Leidy, Joseph, 35, 83, 92, 99
at auction, 207-209, 210-212
Leiggi, Pat, 76, 84, 101
Disney and, 200-205, 210-212
Leitch, Andrew, 40, 68, 76
McDonald's and, 200-205,
Life of a Fossil Hunter, The
210-212
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McCarter, John W., Jr. (continued)
4 2 - 4 3 , 4 4 , 4 5 - 1 6 , 49, 54,
negotiates with Sotheby's,
56
205-207
Native American lands. See also
negotiates with Williams, 205,
Cheyenne River Sioux
232
federal regulation of, 114-116
McClain, Mitch, 134
fossil h u n t i n g on, 175-177
McDonald's, 200-205, 210-212,
Natural History M u s e u m of
216,219, 224-225, 227
Vienna, 11,13
Media coverage
Natural History of Waters, Earths,
of civil suit, 104
Stones, Fossils, and
of criminal prosecution,
Minerals (Richard
154-155, 156-159, 181,
Brookes), 20
186, 190-191
Nemeth, Cathy, 200, 202, 203,
of FBI seizure, 56, 6 0 - 6 1 , 63,
2 0 4 , 2 2 4
6 8 - 6 9 , 8 9 - 9 0 , 114
News coverage. See Media
of fossil sales, 141-142
coverage
Megalosaurus, 3 1 - 3 2 , 33
N o r t h Carolina State Museum,
Meyer, H e r m a n n von, 3 7 , 4 8
211
Mickelson, George, 127, 129
Nuss, Fred, 121, 122, 215, 231
M o n n e n s , Tim, 176, 179
Monoclonius, 125
O'Gara, Hugh, 135, 156, 157,
Moody, Pliny, 3 5 - 3 6
158, 191,232
Mosasaurus, 66
Oglala Sioux, Marsh's expedition
M u m m y dinosaur, 126
a n d , 1 0 9
Mundy, Carson, 193
On the Origin of Species (Charles
Murray, Amy, 210
D a r w i n ) , 36
Museums, corporate sponsors
Opdyke, Travis, 112,129
and, 2 0 0 - 2 0 5 , 2 1 0 - 2 1 2 ,
Osborn, H e n r y Fairfield, 10, 17,
216, 224-227
18, 221
O s t r o m , John, 48
N a m e the T. Rex contest, 219
Otto, Becky, 165-166
Nanosaurus, 97
Owen, Richard, 20, 3 1 , 3 2 - 3 3 , 34,
National Academy of Sciences,
35, 4 7 - 4 8
79-80, 174
National Air a n d Space
Pachycephalosaurus, 233
Administration (NASA),
Paleonephrops browni, 165, 168,
skull CAT scan and, 40,
178
I N D E X
2 4 5
Parker, Jeff, 142
Ruth Mason Dinosaur Quarry, 6,
Parkhurst, Phyllis, 187
9, 13. 15
Peabody, George, 92, 93
Saatchi, Charles, 226-227
Pichegru, Charles, 66
Sacrison, Stan, 42, 122-123,
Plate, Robert, 91
140-141, 156, 188
Plot, Robert, 20
Sacrison, Steve, 122
Pressler, Larry, 173
Santucci, Vincent, 5 4 - 5 5 , 56, 192,
Public lands, fossil hunting on,
231
57-58, 59, 63, 7 9 - 8 9 ,
Schieffer, Kevin, 43, 4 5 - 4 6 , 79,
105-106, 139-140,
82, 112, 114, 128, 192,
173-180, 231-232
193-194, 232
Pyrite disease, 63-64, 76, 77
FBI seizure and, 54-64, 67,
101, 105-106, 113
Quiet Title Act, 6 6 - 6 7
legal actions a n d
over ownership, 100,
Ray, Clayton, 45, 75, 87
101-103, 110-111,
Red Cloud, 109-110
114-119, 130
Redden, David, 2, 3 , 4 , 5,
over t e m p o r a r y custody and
196-197, 207, 208-209,
storage, 70, 7 1 , 73, 74, 75,
211
76, 99-100
Red Dog, Paul Bruno, 175, 176
Schreier, Karen, 128, 144, 187
Reingold, Nathan, 95
Science in Nineteenth-Century
Rex Files, The (Peter Larson), 28,
America (Nathan
52
Reingold), 95
Riddle of the Dinosaurs, The
Sequin, Ron, 49
(John Noble Wilford),
Sereno, Paul, 220, 231
30
Shelton, Sally, 76-77, 78
Rigby, J. Keith, Jr., 212, 213-215,
Siber, Kirby, 9, 13, 14
230-231
Simpson, Bill, 195, 199, 217, 220,
Riggs, Elmer, 197-198
222
Riggs brachiosaurus, 197-198,
Sioux. See also Cheyenne River
228
Sioux
Robinet, J. B.,21
Marsh's expedition and, 109
Robbins, Robert K., 8
Smith, Matt, 29-30
Robins, Stanley, 45, 52, 55-56,
Society of Vertebrate
58, 87, 88, 157, 192
Paleontology (SVP),
Russell, Dale, 4 9 - 5 0
212
2 4 6
TYRANNOSAURUS S U E
Society of Vertebrate
170, 171, 198
Paleontology (SVP)
from Standing Rock Sioux
(continued)
Reservation, 175-176,
fossil collection regulation
178-179
a n d , 8 0 - 8 5
Turner, Fred, 200
ownership of Sue and, 37,
Tyrannosaurus bataar, 17
6 7 - 6 8 , 7 4
Tyrannosaurus Duffy, 140-142,
Sotheby's New York, 2 - 4 , 18, 193,
143-144, 156
195,205
Tyrannosaurus rex
negotiations with McCarter,
depictions of, 9 0 - 9 1 , 198, 221
205-207
evolutionary history of, 17
Sue auctioned by, 205-212
fossils of. See also
South Dakota School of Mines
Tyrannosaurus Duffy;
and Technology, Sue
Tyrannosaurus Stan;
stored at, 6 6 - 7 9 , 85-89,
Tyrannosaurus Steven;
100
Tyrannosaurus Sue
Spalding, David A. E., 20
Brown's discoveries of,
Spence, Gerry, 153, 163
1 7 - 1 8 , 2 4 - 2 5
Standing Rock Triceratops,
completeness of, 18
175-176, 178-179
Farbani's discovery of,
Stegosaurus, 97
18-19
Stenonychosaurus inequalus,
Hendrickson's discovery of.
4 9 - 5 0
See Tyrannosaurus Sue
> Sternberg, Charles H., 94,
m o u n t i n g of, 9 0 - 9 1 , 198,
123-127, 138
221-222
Stillman, Pamela, 119
public interest in, 18
Stuchbury, Samuel, 32
recent discoveries of, 231
Wankel's discovery of, 19,
Tarbosaurus bataar, 17
38
Tayman, John, 121
as predator vs. scavenger, 29,
Theropods, 4 8 - 4 9 , 223
223
T i p p m a n , Joe, 155
social habits of, 143-144
Titanosaurus montanus. See
Tyrannosaurus Stan, 42,
Atlantosaurus montanus
121-122, 134, 235
Trachodon, 35, 83
Tyrannosaurus Steven, 188
Triceratops, 12-13, 15, 17, 19, 22,
Tyrannosaurus Sue
25, 138, 149, 166, 169,
auction of, 195-197
I N D E X
2 4 7
availability of to researchers,
Natural History
3 7 - 3 8 , 60, 68, 75, 78, 222
proposals for, 193-194
brain size of, 49, 223
Sotheby auction and,
casts of, 218, 224-225
205-212
completeness of, 21, 28
Sioux's claim to, 4 3 - 4 4
discovery of, 5 , 1 6 - 1 7 , 1 9 - 2 6
size of, 24, 28
excavation of, 2 4 - 2 6 , 42
skull of, 39^10, 4 2 - 4 3 , 44
exhibition of, 217-218,
CAT scan of, 40, 4 2 - 4 3 , 44,
220-222, 224-229
4 5 - 4 6 , 49, 54, 56, 220,
FBI seizure of, 1, 45, 51-64,
223,229
146, 147
replicas of, 155, 222
news coverage of, 56, 6 0 - 6 1 ,
storage of, 6 3 - 6 4 , 7 6 - 7 9 , 100
63, 6 8 - 6 9 , 8 9 - 9 0 , 114
study of
public response to, 58,
by B r o c h u , 2 1 9 , 220, 221,
5 9 - 6 1 , 6 8 - 6 9 , 88, 112
222, 223-224
gender of, 29
by Larson, 2 7 - 3 0 , 222
injuries to, 2, 28, 223-224
t e m p o r a r y custody of, 6 6 - 7 9 ,
marketing of, 216
85-89, 99-100, 151-152
mechanics lien on, 153
as trademarked n a m e , 218
m o u n t i n g of, 221-222
N a m e the T. Rex contest and,
Ulrich, Wallace, 140
219
Ulster M u s e u m , 14
ownership of
Antiquities Act and, 5 7 - 5 8 ,
Van N o r m a n , Mark, 45
59, 63
Vitter, Drue, 56, 59, 6 1 , 78, 136,
legal battle over, 67-69, 86,
181
99-108, 114-120,
151-152, 159
Walker, G o r d o n , 44, 45
public opinion on, 69
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 9
payment for, 25
Wallace, David Raines, 98
as predator vs. scavenger, 29,
Walton family, 213-215
223
Wankel, Kathy, 19, 38
preparation of, 4 1 , 217-218,
Weaver, Randy, 163
220-222
Wentz, Terry, 22, 23, 4 0 - 4 1 ,
sale of, 207-212
4 2 - 4 3 , 58, 5 9 , 7 1 , 111,
Field Museum and, 195-212.
174,175, 183,184
See also Field Museum of
criminal prosecution of, 141,
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Wentz, Terry (continued)
told of Sue's discovery, 21-22
146, 149, 152. See also
trial testimony of, 166
Larson, Peter, criminal
Williams, Sharkey, 15, 166, 169,
prosecution of
170, 179, 180
Wesson, Felisia, 219
Williston, Samuel, 97, 98
Western Paleo Lab, 142
Wolberg, Donald, 75, 76, 78
Wilford, John Noble, 30, 65, 66,
W o o d b u r n e , Michael O., 67, 68,
139,215
74-75, 8 0 - 8 1
Williams, Maurice, 2 - 3 , 15, 16,
2 1 , 4 3 , 6 9 , 180, 232-233
Yellow, Ron, 176
at excavation site, 24
FBI seizure and, 57
ownership claim of, 44, 86,
Z. rex, 121, 122,215, 231
103-108, 114-119,
Zeitner, Albert, 9
129-132, 150-152, 153,
Zeitner, June, 9
159-160,232
Zenker, Marion, 2 1 , 111, 112,
puts Sue up for auction,
119-120, 129, 155,167,
195-197
180,189
receives payment for Sue, 25
Zuercher, David, 73, 112, 128,
Sioux's claim and, 4 3 - 4 4
152,153, 161-164, 173,
at Sue's auction, 207
177-179, 189
Document Outline
Cover
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1 It Must Be A T. Rex
2 Never, Ever for Sale
3 You Better Get Out Here, Pete
4 Taking a Howitzer to a Fly
5 Who Owns Sue?
6 Is a Dinosaur "Land"?
7 Jurassic Farce
8 You Can Indict a Ham Sandwich
9 Negotiations are Under Way
10 They're Not Crimes
11 I Kept Waiting for Something to Happen
12 Everything Changed That Day
13 You May Approach Her Majesty
Epilogue
Index