Tyrannosaurus rex (SUE, Field Museum)
12.34 m (40.49 ft)
Length of the mounted skeleton
SUE, one of the largest and most complete T. rex skeletons. Measured snout to tail. SUE is 12.3 m (40.5 ft) long and 4 m (13 ft) tall at the hip.
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How big is that?
12.34 m is 7.1 times an adult man and 46% of a blue whale.
Tyrannosaurus rex is the 6th largest of the 31 Prehistoric Giants objects, and the 52nd smallest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Shipping container (40 ft) (Classic), 12.192 m long and Hubble Space Telescope (Cosmic Scale), 13.2 m long.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Tyrannosaurus rex in orange beside the Prehistoric Giants objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Tyrannosaurus rex |
|---|---|---|
| TriceratopsThe three-horned plant-eater of Late Cretaceous North America, measured nose to tail. | 9 m long | 73% of the size |
| Quetzalcoatlus (Wings spread)A giant pterosaur, one of the largest flying animals ever. | 10.5 m wingtip to wingtip | 85% of the size |
| Tyrannosaurus rex (SUE, Field Museum) | 12.34 m long | – |
| TitanoboaA giant snake from the swamps of Paleocene Colombia, laid out straight. | 13 m long | 1.1× bigger |
| Giraffatitan (Berlin skeleton)A long-necked sauropod from Jurassic Tanzania, mounted with its head held high. | 13.27 m tall | 1.1× bigger |
In other units
| Centimetres | 1,234 |
|---|---|
| Metres | 12.34 |
| Inches | 485.8 |
| Feet | 40.49 |
| Yards | 13.5 |
How it's measured
Length of the mounted skeleton. Field Museum, converted from 40.5 ft.
Measured on a mounted museum specimen. Individuals varied, so other specimens are larger or smaller.
Body length runs from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail, following the spine.
Sources
- fieldmuseum.org: At 40.5 feet long and 13 feet tall at the hip.
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Tyrannosaurus rex is one of the objects in Prehistoric Giants, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.