It is one of the oldest dinosaurs in the world.
Ten meters long, 3.5 m high, the skeleton of an allosaur unearthed in 2016 in the state of Wyoming is to be auctioned in Paris.
Rare by its age, the specimen is also rare by the state of conservation in which it was found: nearly 70% of its bones have in fact been reunited.
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T-Rex sold for $ 31.8 million: why the dinosaurs ignite the auctions
For Iacopo Briano, sales expert, such a discovery is extremely rare: “This area was arid, with large river systems, and dinosaurs lived around rivers.
Why is this important?
Because it is thanks to this river that we can preserve the fossil.
Sure, the dinosaur died near the water.
It was covered by sediments which allowed its fossilization.
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On Tuesday, a 68 million year old T-Rex broke records in New York City.
Estimated at $ 6 million, it was sold for $ 31.8 million, unheard of in this type of sale.