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A Ceratosaurus skeleton sold for millions of dollars at auction Wednesday. It had previously been owned by Thanksgiving Point.
In what has become the third-highest price ever paid for a dinosaur skeleton, a 150 million-year-old juvenile ceratosaurus skeleton sold at Sotheby's
Dinosaurs have always fascinated mankind. The number of studies on these giant reptiles and their presence in films such as the latest installment of 'Jurassic Park' are some examp
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Africanews on MSNRare dinosaur skeleton sells for $30 million at Sotheby's 'Geek Week' auctionThe largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday, while a juvenile dinosaur skeleton went for more than $30 million.
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Interesting Engineering on MSNWorld’s only complete baby dinosaur skeleton from 150-million-year ago up for auctionAs the second most complete skeleton in existence, the “beautifully mineralized" fossil bones give the rare object and piece of natural history a rich, grey-black color. Made up of 139 bone elements, the Ceratosaurus has “a remarkably complete and fully articulated skull.”
The dinosaur skeleton, on the other hand, sparked a war among six bidders over six minutes. With a pre-auction estimate of $4 million to $6 million, it is one of only four known Ceratosaurus nasicornis skeletons and the only juvenile skeleton of the species, which resembles the Tyrannosaurus rex but is smaller.
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over US$5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New
Haddy,' a Hadrosaurus found in Haddonfield in 1858, was so popular in the 19th century that the institution began charging admission. It is viewable for the first time since 2020.
The price paid for the juvenile specimen of the 150-million-year old predatory dinosaur is the third-highest on record.