This T. Rex Fossil Could Fetch the Largest Sum of Any Dinosaur Ever Auctioned. Scientists Worry They'll Lose the Chance to Study It
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Something extraordinary is going on sale tomorrow: a gigantic 67-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton. Sotheby’s will auction off one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found.
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Something extraordinary is going on sale tomorrow: a gigantic 67-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton. Sotheby’s will auction off one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found. However, some researchers are concerned that the scientifically valuable fossil specimen might end up in private hands, which could make it more challenging to study. The auction house estimates the value of the T.
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- Something extraordinary is going on sale tomorrow: a gigantic 67-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton. Sotheby’s will auction off one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found.
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This T. Rex Fossil Could Fetch the Largest Sum of Any Dinosaur Ever Auctioned. Scientists Worry They'll Lose the Chance to Study It
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