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Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossils Are Being Horded by Private Buyers, Study Claims
A new study has found that the private trade in Tyrannosaurus rex fossils is hampering researchers' understanding of the iconic Cretaceous predator. Thomas Carr, an associate professor of biology at Carthage College, found that there are now more scientifically valuable T. rex specimens in private or commercial ownership than in public museums and ...
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US Billionaire Buys Largest Stegosaurus Skeleton For $44.6 Million, Shatters Auction Records
The towering, 11-foot-high behemoth, dubbed "Apex," was excavated just outside present-day Dinosaur, Colorado, in May 2022.
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150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Skeleton Expected To Fetch $1.2 Million At Paris Auction
The dinosaur, which was first discovered in the 1990s in the US state of Wyoming, was initially restored in 2000 by palaeontologist Barry James.
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67-Million-Year Old T-Rex Skeleton To Be Auctioned In Europe Next Month
A Tyrannosaurus-Rex skeleton dating back 67-million years will be auctioned in Switzerland next month, marking the first such sale in Europe, the auction house said Saturday.
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Controversial Dinosaur Skeleton Auction Cancelled In Hong Kong
Christie's has called off the auction of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, the auction house told AFP on Monday, days before it was due to go under the hammer in Hong Kong.
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Meet "Big John": World's Biggest Triceratops On Sale In Paris
A Paris auction house will seek to sell in October the world's biggest known example of the dinosaur triceratops, known as "Big John", with the spectacular skeleton on show to the public beforehand, organisers said Tuesday.
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Remains Of The Day: Dinosaur Skeleton Fetches 3 Million Euros
The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago was sold at a Paris auction house on Tuesday for 3 million euros ($3.52 million).
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Skeletons Of Largest Known T Rex Dinosaur Up For Auction In New York
The British auction house Christie's plans to sell the skeleton of one of the largest known Tyrannosaurus rexes in early October, the company said on Wednesday.
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Anonymous Buyer Pays Over $3 Million For 2 Dinosaur Skeletons
Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects -- one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus -- sold for more than 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday. The two dinosaurs roamed the Earth during the late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago.
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Want To Buy A Dinosaur? Two On Sale In Paris
The skeletons two Jurassic age (161-145 million years) dinosaurs, a Diplodocus and an Allosaurus are being auctioned on April 11 at the Drouot auction house in Paris. The dinosaur skeletons are being marketed as hip interior design objects -- for those with big enough living rooms.
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Million Dollar Dinosaur Sells At Auction In France
A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton sold for more than one million euros at auction in the eastern French city of Lyon late Saturday, the Aguttes auction house said.
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US Govt led by Preet Bharara files lawsuit over Dinosaur!
The fossil of a dinosaur that roamed the earth 70 million years ago should be turned over to the United States by an auction house so that it can be returned to its home in Mongolia, a lawsuit brought by the US government demanded on Monday.
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Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossils Are Being Horded by Private Buyers, Study Claims
A new study has found that the private trade in Tyrannosaurus rex fossils is hampering researchers' understanding of the iconic Cretaceous predator. Thomas Carr, an associate professor of biology at Carthage College, found that there are now more scientifically valuable T. rex specimens in private or commercial ownership than in public museums and ...
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US Billionaire Buys Largest Stegosaurus Skeleton For $44.6 Million, Shatters Auction Records
The towering, 11-foot-high behemoth, dubbed "Apex," was excavated just outside present-day Dinosaur, Colorado, in May 2022.
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150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Skeleton Expected To Fetch $1.2 Million At Paris Auction
The dinosaur, which was first discovered in the 1990s in the US state of Wyoming, was initially restored in 2000 by palaeontologist Barry James.
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67-Million-Year Old T-Rex Skeleton To Be Auctioned In Europe Next Month
A Tyrannosaurus-Rex skeleton dating back 67-million years will be auctioned in Switzerland next month, marking the first such sale in Europe, the auction house said Saturday.
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Controversial Dinosaur Skeleton Auction Cancelled In Hong Kong
Christie's has called off the auction of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, the auction house told AFP on Monday, days before it was due to go under the hammer in Hong Kong.
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Meet "Big John": World's Biggest Triceratops On Sale In Paris
A Paris auction house will seek to sell in October the world's biggest known example of the dinosaur triceratops, known as "Big John", with the spectacular skeleton on show to the public beforehand, organisers said Tuesday.
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Remains Of The Day: Dinosaur Skeleton Fetches 3 Million Euros
The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago was sold at a Paris auction house on Tuesday for 3 million euros ($3.52 million).
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Skeletons Of Largest Known T Rex Dinosaur Up For Auction In New York
The British auction house Christie's plans to sell the skeleton of one of the largest known Tyrannosaurus rexes in early October, the company said on Wednesday.
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Anonymous Buyer Pays Over $3 Million For 2 Dinosaur Skeletons
Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects -- one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus -- sold for more than 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday. The two dinosaurs roamed the Earth during the late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago.
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Want To Buy A Dinosaur? Two On Sale In Paris
The skeletons two Jurassic age (161-145 million years) dinosaurs, a Diplodocus and an Allosaurus are being auctioned on April 11 at the Drouot auction house in Paris. The dinosaur skeletons are being marketed as hip interior design objects -- for those with big enough living rooms.
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Million Dollar Dinosaur Sells At Auction In France
A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton sold for more than one million euros at auction in the eastern French city of Lyon late Saturday, the Aguttes auction house said.
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US Govt led by Preet Bharara files lawsuit over Dinosaur!
The fossil of a dinosaur that roamed the earth 70 million years ago should be turned over to the United States by an auction house so that it can be returned to its home in Mongolia, a lawsuit brought by the US government demanded on Monday.
