Rare Nanotyrannus skeleton sells for $47.3m at New York auction
A rare Nanotyrannus skeleton nicknamed 'Jodi' sold for $47.3 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York. The fossil, discovered in Montana, is now the second most valuable dinosaur skeleton ever sold at auction.
Why it matters
The record-breaking sale highlights the growing market for high-end fossils and the ongoing debate regarding the privatization of significant scientific specimens.
The skeleton of ‘Jodi’, a Nanotyrannus that lived alongside T rex at the end of the Cretaceous, about 67m years ago, displayed at Sotheby's, on 13 October in New York City. The skeleton of ‘Jodi’, a Nanotyrannus that lived alongside T rex at the end of the Cretaceous, about 67m years ago, displayed at Sotheby's, on 13 October in New York City. New York Rare Nanotyrannus skeleton sells for $47.3m at New York auction Sale makes ‘Jodi’, a smaller relative of T rex, the ‘second most valuable dinosaur ever sold at auction’, Sotheby’s says
Prefer the Guardian on Google A rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus, a smaller relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, sold at auction in New York this week for $47.3m, making it one of the world’s most expensive fossils.
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