Tyrannosaurus rex most expensive dinosaur ever sold
Summary
A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil named Gus sold for £37.4 million ($50.1 million) at a Sotheby's auction in New York. This sale is the highest price ever paid for a dinosaur fossil and the specimen is one of the most complete T. rex skeletons ever found.Key Facts
- The T. rex fossil is more than 12 feet (4 meters) tall and has over 60% of its bones recovered.
- The fossil was discovered in 2021 on a remote ranch in South Dakota, USA.
- It took three summers (2021-2023) to excavate the bones and three more years to assemble the skeleton in a lab.
- The skull showed bite marks and healed broken ribs, possibly from fights or scavenging.
- The winning buyer is not yet known.
- This sale exceeded the previous fossil auction record held by a stegosaurus sold in 2024.
- Experts say this auction could mark a new trend of very wealthy people collecting fossils.
- The previous record-holding stegosaurus was loaned to a museum despite private ownership, so Gus may also become publicly displayed.
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