T.rex skeleton Gus sells for record $50.1 million
por Giantkebab: News
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, nicknamed Gus, has become the most expensive dinosaur ever sold. It fetched $50.1 million at a Sotheby's auction, significantly exceeding its initial estimate and setting a new worldwide record.
Transcripción (en)
We found Gus. With those bones, 38 foot long, 12 and a half foot tall T-Rex, back to 80% of the mass of the animal. It's a monster dinosaur after somebody who was involved. That he would have just been. It's one of the largest and most complete ever found. For a lot of reasons, it preserves a lot of the bones, making up 75 to... And it just took my breath away. No one else is looking at those places associated. It's not just going out and moving dirt. It's identify kind of the first bones as we set up a hand map everything. And that serves as a tool. Finally saw it fully mounted.
