King Kong

Tyrannosaurus rex, undoubtedly the most famous dinosaur of all, was a North American meat-eating creature first "discovered" in 1902 by Barnum Brown. Found in Montana, T-rex was named in 1905 by Henry F. Osborn who used a Latin phrase to aptly describe the "Tyrant Lizard-King."

Brown's 1902 specimen was incomplete. Six years later, he found moreMontana - Map Locator fossilized remains (in the same Hell Creek, Montana location) for the American Museum of Natural History. When viewed together, both specimen provided scientists with a good picture of this enormous carnivore.

By 1915, the first T-rex mount (consisting of the 1908 skeleton plus casts of missing pieces from the 1902 discovery) revealed a ferocious creature possessing the power to efficiently annihilate its prey. (Scientists have determined that T-rex ate Triceratops, among other things.)

Digging for Dinosaurs has resulted in other amazing discoveries. New "finds" have shown that T-Rex really wasn’t the biggest creature to roam the earth. But, thanks to a discovery in Montana, everyone can now see a nearly complete T-Rex skeleton. It belongs to "Sue," (named for Sue Hendrickson, its finder). It's current home? Chicago's Field Museum.