Giant 11-foot T-Rex Skeleton Sold for Millions of Dollars

Dinosaurs, one of the most impressive creatures that once lived on Earth, enable us to shed light on the state of the Earth millions of years ago, thanks to their skeletons. Of course, the scientific benefit aside, dinosaurs sometimes your big sales It can also be the subject…

A T-Rex skeleton was auctioned and sold for the first time in Europe the other day. The giant skeleton of the wild dinosaur species, 3.9 meters high and 11.6 meters long, “One of the most amazing T-Rex skeletons in existencedefined as ”.

The skeleton sold for $6.2 million:

The skeleton, named 293 Trinity, was discovered by an unnamed person in Zurich, Switzerland. 5.55 million Swiss francs ($6.2 million) purchased in return. While it is not yet clear what the buyer will do with the skeleton, the skeleton will be open to the public for a while at the Koller auction house.

The 293 Trinity skeleton does not contain bones from a single dinosaur. The skeleton was found during excavations in the US states of Montana and Wyoming. from three different T-Rex skeletons is formed. There are 293 individual bones in total.

Of course, scientists also expressed their concerns:

Professor at Edinburgh University Dr. Steve Brusatte, in a statement to the BBC, stated that he was worried that dinosaur specimens would fall into the hands of people. Professor, your skeleton scientifically invaluable and of great importance for educational studies. shared.