MAIL ONLINE: Shen the T. rex to go under the hammer in Asia: 'Scientifically-important' 40-foot dinosaur skeleton could fetch up to $25 MILLION at auction

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Period29 Sept 2022

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  • TitleShen the T. rex to go under the hammer in Asia: 'Scientifically-important' 40-foot dinosaur skeleton could fetch up to $25 MILLION at auction
    Media name/outletMail Online
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date29/09/22
    DescriptionShen the T. rex has been researched by palaeontologists Dr David A. Burnham at the University of Kansas and Dr John R. Nudds at the University of Manchester.

    'T. rex are incredibly rare,' said Dr Nudds. 'Just one in 80 million T. rex dinosaurs were preserved as a fossil. Only two have ever sold at auction. T. rex is the greatest of all dinosaurs and Shen is one of the best.

    'T. rex is the epitome of evolution for meat-eating animals. It had the strongest bite force, the largest orbits for any vertebrate and a brain that was remarkably advanced for dinosaurs.'
    URLhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11262137/T-rex-skeleton-goes-auction-Asia-fetch-25-MILLION.html
    PersonsJohn Nudds
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  • dinosaurs
  • palaeontology