skeleton A complete set of Gorgosaurus, a dinosaur about 3 meters tall and over 6 meters long that lived 77 million years ago, will be auctioned this month at New York’s Sotheby’s, which hopes to raise between $5 million and $8 million per piece. .
skeleton this predator from the family tyrannosaurids set foot on Earth in the Upper Cretaceous, was found in 2018 in Montana (northwest of USA) and it is the only one of its kind available to private collectors, as the rest of the copies are in various museums and institutions.
Sotheby’s, in a statement released Tuesday, says it is one of the most valuable dinosaur skeletons to hit the market and will be the centerpiece of a natural history auction the company will hold on July 28.
Gorgosaurus was a close relative of the more famous Tyrannosaurus Rex, and although it was smaller, it shared many features such as a large head, curved teeth, and small forelimbs.
Sotheby’s Gallery in New York
An adult male usually weighed up to 2 tons, and some paleontologists suggest that Gorgosaurus was even more ferocious and had a stronger jaw than Tyrannosaurus Rex, Sotheby’s notes.
According to the auction house, the specimen for sale was a large adult and its skull is particularly well-preserved, highlighting the skeleton’s “impeccable” condition due to the characteristics of the ecosystem in which it resided. found, unearthed this fossil.
skeleton It will be on public display from 21 July at Sotheby’s Gallery in New York.
The auction house has a long history of selling fossils from dinosaurs and in 1997, he was the first to offer a complete skeleton of the famous Tyrannosaurus Rex known as “Sue”, which sold for $8.36 million and can be seen at the Field Museum in Chicago.
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